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With just a day left for thelaunching of the GST

(Goods and Services Tax)regime, traders in the twincities of Cuttack andBhubaneswar seem confused tounderstand how the tax reformwould impact their businesses.

The system is likely to posedifficulties for several shopowners as they even don’t evenuse a calculator, what to sayabout their access to computers.

“This is such a major taxreform, but there is little effort

from Government authoritiesto explain how it works,” BhatiaSales owner Dinesh Bhatia said.

Stating that businessmenhave to file GST online threetimes every month and anannual return, he said, “I canfile GST as I am acquaintedwith computers. But my fatherwill find it very difficult to fileGST as he doesn’t have accessto computers.”

He said the process wouldlead to increase in work load.

The businessmen in theUnit I market are waiting to seehow the tax form will impacttheir businesses.

“We are unable to predictanything now. We are appre-hensive of its outcome,” saidSunil Mohanty, a garmentsshop owner of Unit I market.

“The wholesalers will haveto file the GST online and it hasto match with the GST filed by

the person to whom the goodsare sold. Minutest of error canlead to blocking of accounts,”he added.

The GST Council hasannounced a tax of 5 per centfor yarn and cotton, and ready-made garments below the�1,000 mark. For garmentsabove �1,000, the tax rate hasbeen fixed at 12 per cent.

Ronit Kocher, one of thepartners of Binod Textiles,Kalpana Square, expressedhis displeasure over GSTCouncil’s decision to fix 12per cent tax for garmentsabove �1,000.

The Government pub-

lished lists for almost everyitem from shampoo to tea toautomobiles to be taxed with-in four broad categories of 5 percent, 12 per cent, 18 per cent or28 per cent.

It had already ordered allbusinesses in January to adoptor upgrade cash registers andcomputer systems so that theywould be able to file tax returnsunder the new tax regime.

Unbranded food stapleslike vegetables, milk, eggs andflour are exempted from salestax along with health and edu-cation services where as itemslike tea, edible oils, sugar, tex-tiles and baby formula willattract a 5 per cent tax.

Luxury items, includingmotorcycles, perfume andshampoo, will be taxed at 18per cent or higher. Theyaccount for about 19 per centof all taxable items.

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The Odisha State HumanRights Commission

(OSHRC) on Thursday askedthe Home Guard DG and theMayurbhanj DistrictSuperintendent of Police to

submit their respective inquiryreports on the kneel-downpunishment meted out to fourHome Guards, including awoman, for being dressed inap-propriately at Baripada ofMayurbhanj district.

The commission takingcognisance of a petition filed bya rights activist asked the duoto file their replies in four weeks.

The four Home Guardshad been ordered to kneeldown before the District HomeGuard Office by ReserveInspector Ashok Kumar Sethifor violating dress code.

Meanwhile, MayurbhanjSP R Prakash recorded the

statements of the four HomeGuards on Thursday and alsorelieved the Reserve Inspectorfrom his duty. Sethi had alreadyreceived his transfer order a fewdays back but was not relieved.

The incident has sentshockwaves across the Stateand the Home Guards’Association has threatened toembark on an agitation ifstringent action is not takenagainst the guilty.

Senior police officials haveopined that the ReserveInspector had no rights topunish the Home Guards.Before punishing them, heshould have issued show-causenotices to them.

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The Commissonerate policeon Thursday claimed to

have arrested another accusedinvolved in the ITER fakeplacement scam.

The arrestee was identifiedas Vikash Lunayach, an MBAgraduate and resident ofGurugram in Haryana. He wasnabbed by the police on June27 and was brought here ontransit remand.

Police Commissioner YBKhurania said Vikash acted as

a coordinator between theITER and fake placement agen-cies. Khurania said several topcompanies on whose nameplacement drives were held,declined to have organisedsuch campus recruitments.

The Commissioner fur-ther revealed that the fakeplacements were conducted ina highly organised and well-planned manner while the roleof several other persons is alsounder scanner.

The police informed thatVikash was present duringsimilar fake campus drivesheld in Bhubaneswar on fiveoccasions.

Earlier, ITER AdditionalPlacement Dean Raj KumarHota and a fake consultantManas Nayak were arrested inconnection with the fake place-ment racket.

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The British Council’s ‘StudyUK Discover You’ exhibi-

tion will be held at Hotel SwostiPremium, Jaydev Vihar, onJuly 8 from 12 pm to 5 pm.

The exhibition is for stu-dents and parents to meet edu-cation consultants of the UKuniversities and colleges on aone-to-one basis and get alltheir questions answered oncourse choices, visas, applica-tions, scholarships and more.

A wide range of premierUK universities and collegeswill be represented at the exhi-bition and visitors will also beable to meet British Councilstaff and find out about theIELTS examination.

Entry to the exhibition isfree. On line registration canbe done throughhttps://www.britishcouncil.in/s tu d y - u k - d i s c ove r- you -exhibitions.

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Acontractual doctor of theHemgiri CHC had alleged-

ly taken �1,500 as bribe fromthe family members of adeceased for providing freeambulance service to carrythe body and the driver ofambulance also took �400.

However, later fearingthat he would be exposed, thedoctor returned the money tothe family members andmoney receipt was also pro-vided towards cost of travelin ambulance. The CDMO,Sundargarh, has ordered an

inquiry into the matter.Sources said one Suren

Ekka, a resident of Bansidarahvillage under Ankelbira pan-chayat under the Hemgiripolice station had been struckby lightning on June 24 andwas admitted at the Kanika pri-mary health center and laterat the Hemgiri CHC.

A contractual doctor, iden-tified as Harish Chandra Bag,who was on duty in theHemgiri CHC at that time,instead of informing police ,demanded bribe �1,500 from

family members of Ekka toprovide ambulance to take thebody to his residence.

Further, the driver of theambulance while taking thebody left it at their villagesquare and demanded �400from them which should havebe �240 per km. Suren’s broth-er- in- law Bijay alleged thatthey had paid the bribe to thedoctor for the ambulance.

While the matter wasreported in media, Bagallegedly returned the moneyto the family members, whilethe driver of the ambulancealso returned �140 and gavemoney receipt for �260. Thefamily members of Ekkaalleged that Dr Bag asked themnot to reveal about the matterto anyone.

Meanwhile, SundargarhCDMO SB Nayak ordered aprobe into the matter.

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The Vigilance Special Judge,Bhawanipatna on Thursday

awarded two years of rigorousimprisonment to formerKhariar BDO and incumbentTourism Deputy SecretaryBenjamin Prasad Deogam andtwo others in an official recordmanipulation case.

The two others who wereconvicted are Khariar block’sformer Head Clerk LabanyaSundar Nayak and TarachandAgrawa, a firm owner.

The court too imposed fineof �3,000 on each of them, fail-ing which they would undergoRI for one month more.

A case had been registeredagainst the three accused per-sons for manipulation of

records and showing undueofficial favour to Agrawal.Deogam and Nayak had issuedpurchase orders to Agrawal tosupply six Sriram Freezer Aquacooler of higher capacity atexcess rate of �2,94,600 and hadthereby caused additional lossof �61,560 towards tax.

On completion of investi-gation, the case was charge-sheeted against them to face thetrial in the court of law.

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The Nalco Employees’Forum on Thursday wel-

comed the CentralGovernment’s decision rulingout its proposal of disinvest-ment from the Nalco.

Recently, Chief MinisterNaveen Patnaik had written aletter to Prime MinsiterNarendra Modi requestinghim to withdraw the propos-al of disinvestment from theCentral PSU.

The Chief Minister hadargued that the expansion ofthe company would be affect-ed in event of its equities beingdisinvested.

The Central Governmenton Wednesday announced thatno disinvestment of the Nalcowould be carried out.

The forum has expressedtheir gratitude to the PrimeMinister, the Chief Minister

and the Union Minister ofSteel and Mines for the decision.

Forum president MadanMohan Dhal and general sec-retary PK Das requested theCentral and StateGovernments to expedite theallotment of bauxite mines atPatangi and D and E Coalblocks in Angul district to thecompany. They too demandedthat the obsolete machineriesin the PSU’s power and smelterplants be replaced soon.

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Chief Minister NaveenPatnaik has observed that

the Department forInternational Development(DFID) has been instrumentalin ensuring fiscal stabilisationin the State through public sec-tor programmes.

At a meeting with the newHead of DFID, GavinMcGillivray, on Wednesday,the Chief Minister appreciatedthe role of the internationaldevelopment organisation.

Chief Secretary AP Padhi,Development CommissionerR Balakrishnan, ChiefMinister’s Principal SecretaryRajesh Verma, FinanceSecretary Tuhin Kanta Pandeyand a host of PrincipalSecretaries and Secretaries werepresent during the interaction.

Patnaik stated that theDFID has supported interven-

tions in the health, educationand livelihood sectors and thesehave been quite productive.

He said the OdishaModernising Economy,Government andAdministration (OMEGA) hasbeen successfully implementedin the State with improvedpublic service delivery.

Priority areas like urbaninfrastructure and services,water, energy, skill develop-ment, climate resource strate-gies and governance reformswere discussed during Patnaik’smeeting with McGillivray.

The Chief Ministersaid the focus of bothState Government andDFID would be to ensurebetter cooperation andcoordination to max-imise the outcomes ofthese initiatives.

On his part,McGillivray appreciated

the efforts of the StateGovernment in several keysectors and expressed willing-ness to take the partnershipforward in the priority areas tobe identified mutually.

The DFID is now support-ing the State with technical assis-tance on various fronts while ithas stopped direct funding ofprojects which was earlier done.

One of such initiatives isClimate Change Initiative,which has been taken up by theState Government with Odishaleading from the front in thecountry, said officials.

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The Bhubaneswar Lions Cluborganised installation cere-

mony for its newly-electedmembers here on Wednesday.The programme was held underthe chairmanship of outgoingpresident Chitta Ranjan Parija.

Chief guest Lions governorBrajendra Narayan Pattnaik of322C4 emphasised on theInternational LionsOrganisation’s various socialprogrammes and other respon-sibilities that are undertaken inits centenary year. Past gover-nor Prabhat Palit installednewly-elected presidentDebashish Pattanaik, secre-taries Kuna Kishor Das andRanjitav Mohanty, vice-presi-

dent Mahendra Patra, MilanSahu and Rabi Kumar Patra,joint secretary Jagat Kar andtreasurer Pradip Mangaraj afteradministering oaths to them.

Former Governor KalpanaBiswal of 322C4 announcedformal entry of new membersin the club. Outgoing secretaryMilan Sahu read out the annu-al report. The programme wascoordinated by Lion PradiptaMohanty and Lora Mahapatraand a vote of thanks was givenby secretary Kunal Das.

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The State Government hasappointed a Superintendent

and a Principal for the BaleswarGovernment Medical Collegeand Hospital, which is sched-uled to function from the edu-cation session 2018.

These appointments haveput to rest the speculations anduncertainties which were doingrounds due to the delay in start-ing the college.

According to sources, ProfPratap Rath, currently in theneurology department of theSCB Medical College andHospital, Cuttack, and ProfSashikanta Mohapatra of themedicine department of theVSS Medical College, Burla,have been appointed, respec-tively, as Principal andSuperintendent of the

Baleswar college.This announcements fol-

lowed Chief Minister NaveenPatnaik’s assurance to begin thecollege from next academicsession at a meeting held hereon June 13 to review theprogress of the infrastructureworks of the college withHigher Education MinisterAnanta Das, MP RK Jena andlocal MLAs.

District Collector PamodDas, besides stating that he hasreceived a communicationabout the appointment ofSuperintendent and Principalof the college, also said the con-struction works are almost ina final stage.

“The building is on theverge of completion. In themeantime, the existing DistrictHeadquarters Hospital’s facili-ties are being upgraded tocater the need of medical col-

lege education. An MCI teamwill be invited, and most like-ly its inspection would be madebetween September andNovember. Following theteam’s visit, approval of thenumber of seats of the collegewould be decided. Meanwhile,the required staffs would berecruited,” said Das.

The Action Committee,which spearheaded the agita-tion for establishment of thecollege for years and other civilsociety bodies expressed theirpleasure over the appointments.

“We were hopeful that thecollege would start from thecurrent academic session, butit was being delayed andpushed to uncertainty. Theseappointments show that thecollege would be operative bynext year. We feel the agitationshave paid,” said a member ofthe Action Committee.

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Even as the HealthDepartment and the

Brahmapur MunicipalCorporation (BMC) haveplanned to create awarenessabout taking remedial mea-sures against vector-borne dis-eases from July first week, a 26-year-old dengue patient wasidentified in Adapada villageunder Sanakhemundi blockon Thursday.

According to sources, he isthe first dengue patient to beidentified in Ganajm district.

While he was in Suratsome days back, the youthhad suffered from fever andgone through different bloodtests. Later, he came to his vil-lage where he got a highfever again.

He was taken to theMKCG Medical CollegeHospital. His blood testshowed dengue positive, saidMedical Officer Dr Uma

Shankar Mishra.Dengue generally occurs inrainy season when mos-qu i t o l a r v a t h r i v e s on

clogged water, said Mishra.According to reports, in

2016, 329 cases of denguewere identified in the district

out of which 72 cases werereported from Brahmapur.Girisola was the worst affected area.

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Coming down heavily onthose anti-social elements

who are running ‘shops’ in thename of cow protection, PrimeMinister Narendra Modi onThursday said that killinghumans in the name of cows isunacceptable and warned thatno one has the right to take lawinto his or her own hands.

“Violence has never solvedand will never solve any prob-lem. As a society, there is noplace for violence,” said thePrime Minister, who was ontwo-day visit to his poll boundhome-State Gujarat. If one isaggrieved, law will take itsown course, he added.

Addressing a gathering athistoric Sabarmati Ashram tocommemorate its 100th year ofestablishment and releasingcoins and stamp after ShrimadRajchandraji, the guru ofMahatma Gandhi, Modi saidindulging in violence in thename of “gau bhakti” goes fullyagainst the ideals of the Fatherof the Nation.

“This is a country whichhas the tradition of giving foodto ants, street dogs and fish, thecountry, where MahatmaGandhi taught us lessons ofnon-violence. What has hap-pened to us?” Modi asked.

Urging the StateGovernments to take sternaction against so-called GauRakshaks, the Prime Ministersaid that killing in the name of

cows must be stopped in acountry.

‘’The Indian Constitutionalso teaches us about cow pro-tection. But does this (cowprotection) give us any right tokill a person? Is this a cow pro-tection? Do they have right tokill human beings? Are thesepeople doing the service ofcows?’’ he asked the audience.If one is aggrieved, law will takeits own course.

He further said that if theywant to work towards cow, theycan do even bigger service forthe animal by stopping cows eat-ing plastics and ensuring cowswould not die due to starvation.

Expressing his displeasureover the fact that peopleindulge in violence in the nameof cow protection are beingencouraged, Modi, urged themto follow the path of Mahatmaand Vinodba Bhave whoembodied cow protection dur-ing their lives.

“Nobody would have prac-tised cow protection and cowworship more than MahatmaGandhi and (his follower)Vinoba Bhave. They showed usthe way how to protect cow.The country will have to adopttheir way,” he said.

The Prime Minister’sremarks come against the back-drop of the growing incidents ofcow vigilantism. A Muslimyouth was last week killed onboard a Mathura-bound train bypeople who taunted his familyand repeatedly called them “anti-nationals” and “beef eaters.”

Earlier in August 2016 too,the PM had denounced cowvigilantes, some of whom hadflogged Dalits in his homestate Gujarat.

In his public denounce-ment, Modi had then said hefelt enraged at such “anti-socialelements” who indulged incrimes by the night and mas-

queraded as cow protectors bythe day.

Apart from cow issue,Modi also talked about tourismand how India could be the

most sought after tourist des-tination for the tourists acrossthe globe. He also urged NRIssettled in the different countriesto become brand ambassadorsfor the development of tourismin the country. He also touchedupon foreign affairs issues say-ing that his Government’s for-eign policy is based on ‘IndiaFirst’ principle.

In his entry at the visitors’diary of Sabarmati Ashram,Modi described it as not just abrick-and-mortar structure, notjust a seat of an organisation thatstood 100 years, but alsoMahatma Gandhi’s ‘tapobhoo-mi’ (centre of penance) whichset the nation free from cen-turies of slavery to shake thenation out of slumber for self-realisation, self-rule and build anew nation and show the worldthe path of humanity. He bowsdown to that ‘tapobhoomi’.

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The Congress will lead sev-eral Opposition parties in

boycotting the midnight func-tion in Parliament on Fridaynight to mark the implementa-tion of the historic Goods andServices Tax (GST). SeniorGovernment Ministers ArunJaitley and Venkaiah Naiduhave urged the Opposition par-ties to reconsider their decisionsaying saying the landmarkindirect tax reform was a resultof joint decisions and they can-not run away from it now.

President PranabMukherjee and Prime MinisterNarendra Modi will address theParliamentarians to formallylaunch the GST.

Senior Congress leaderGhulam Nabi Azad said thatthe Congress and former PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh willnot participate. ManmohanSingh had tried to make GSTa reality during his ten-yeartenure. Trinamool Congress,Left parties and the RJD havealready announced their deci-sion to skip the function.

“The Congress Party hasdecided to boycott theParliament’s midnight sessionto roll out GST on June 30,”Azad said at the AICC Pressbriefing, specifying two reasonswhy the Grand Old Partydecided to go for the boycott.

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Talking tough, China onThursday demanded with-

drawal of Indian troops fromthe Sikkim sector as a pre- con-dition for a “meaningful dia-logue” to resolve the currentstand-off there and asked theIndian Army to learn from“historical lessons”, an obliquereference to the 1962 war.

Launching a mediablitzkrieg on the Sikkim stand-off, both Chinese Foreign andDefence Ministries directedtheir attacks on India andmaintained that the IndianArmy had “illegally trespassed”into the Chinese territory.

“We urge the Indian side toimmediately pull back the bor-der troops from the boundary.That is the precondition for anymeaningful talks between thetwo sides aiming at resolving theissue,” Chinese Foreign Ministryspokesman Lu Kang said.

Meanwhile, Indian Armychief General Bipin Rawat onThursday visited formation

headquarters of the force innorth Sikkim. He was briefedby top commanders about theentire security situation in thewake of the face-off betweenIndian troops and Chinesemilitary over a disputed area.

The Army chief visitedareas under the 17 MountainDivision, tasked to guard theSino-India border in theSikkim sector, and took stockof various operational aspects.“Gen Rawat was briefed aboutthe operational matters,” anofficial source said.

People’s Liberation Army

spokesman, Col Wu Qian,rejected as “extremely irre-sponsible” Army chief GeneralBipin Rawat’s remarks thatIndia is ready for a “two-and-a-half front war”, asking him to“stop clamouring for war”.

“We hope that the partic-ular person in the Indian Armycould learn from historicallessons and stop such clam-ouring for war,” he told themedia in Beijing. The genesisof the flashpoint was China’sattempts to build a road atstrategically key area ofDonglong, the linking of which

to the Sikkim-Bhutan-Tibettri-junction could give China amajor military advantage over India.

The Indian Army hadblocked construction of theroad by China in Donglong, adisputed territory betweenChina and Bhutan. Of the3,488-km-long India-Chinaborder from Jammu & Kashmirto Arunachal Pradesh, a 220-km section falls in Sikkim.

Official sources said Chinahad removed an old bunker ofthe Indian Army in Donglongby using a bulldozer after theIndian side refused to accede toits request, which triggeredthe face-off.

Meanwhile, in an unprece-dented move, Chinese ForeignMinistry spokesman Lu dis-played two photographs of thealleged Indian “incursion” intoDonglong area in the Sikkimregion.

He said the Sikkim stand-off between the troops of thetwo countries can only be set-tled by the withdrawal ofIndian soldiers from the area.

“Since the illegal trespasshappened we have lodgedsolemn representations withthe Indian side in both NewDelhi and Beijing,” Lu said,showing the photographs fromthe podium.

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Members of Parliament willelect the next Vice-

President on August 5. TheElection Commission onThursday announced the datefor election of the Vice-President. The notification forthe election will be issued onJuly 4 and nominations can besubmitted by July 18. Thescrutiny will take place on July19 and the last date for with-drawing from the electoral bat-tle is July 21.

Announcing the schedulefor the election, Chief ElectionCommissioner Nasim Zaidisaid polling, if required, willtake place on August 5 andcounting on same day. In theVice-President election, a can-didate requires 20 proposersand 20 seconders, who shouldbe Members of Parliament.

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In a setback to the US-based fast foodchain McDonald’s, 43 of the total 55 out-

lets in the national capital have been shuton failure to renew eating house licencesby its north and east India licenceeConnaught Plaza Restaurants Pvt Ltd(CPRL). The CPRL is the local joint ven-ture between Vikram Bakshi — who wasremoved as the managing director of CPRL— and McDonald’s.

“Though unfortunate, it is correct thataround 40 McDonald’s restaurants havetemporarily suspended operations in thecity of Delhi from today morning,” Bakshi,who is on the CPRL board, told PTI.

The development assumes signifi-cance as Bakshi and McDonald’s are at log-gerheads over control of CPRL and an arbi-tration proceeding is being pursued by thefood chain at the London Court ofInternational Arbitration in this regard.

Bakshi was removed as the managingdirector of CPRL in August 2013, whichled to a legal scuffle with McDonald’s. Onexpiry of licences, the US-based fast foodcompany said, “The eating house licencesof a number of McDonald’s restaurants inDelhi have expired.”

A highly placed source told PTI thatmore outlets in the Capital could be shutas a result of expired licences.

Bakshi said the decision to suspendoperations has been taken by the Board of

CPRL and all the employees would be retained as this is a temporaryshutdown.

“The Board of CPRL is working toobtain the required licences. Pendingthis, CPRL is temporarily suspending theoperations of the affected restaurants,”McDonald’s India spokesperson BarrySum said.

The closure of outlets is widelybelieved to impact the American foodchain’s business and reputation which hadalready lost the tag of largest quick servicerestaurant chain to Dominos Pizza aroundfour years back.

On possible job losses due to closure,Sum said the rumour about “employeesbecoming jobless is erroneous”.

“We understand that CPRL is retain-ing the employees of affected restaurantsand will pay them their salary during theperiod of suspension,” he added.

The west and south India operationsof McDonald’s are operated by WestlifeDevelopment through its subsidiaryHardcastle Restaurants Pvt Ltd (HRPL),which runs 242 restaurants.

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The fear psychosis amongthe locals over the death of

sheep in the Niali area deep-ened further as one more lambwas found killed by a suspect-ed wolf at Gobindapada villageeven as they and ForestDepartment personnel spentsleepless night to trace thekiller animal.

Three sheep were alsoinjured in the attack by wildanimal at different places inNiali block, reports said.

Irate villagers staged a roadblockade on the Niali-Phulnakhara road with thecarcass of the dead sheepdemanding compensation.Vehicular communication wasdisrupted for sometime on theroad. The agitators said the

death of their livestock hasfinancially ruined them and theGovernment must compen-sate them.

Meanwhile, Forest andEnvironment MinisterBijayshree Routray directedthe concerned DFO to work onwar-footing to trace out thekiller animal. “Enough isenough. You enter theBhanragada forest with addi-tional forces and locate the wildanimals’ hideouts and holes,”the Minister said.

Expressing resentment overthe delay in finding the wildanimal, Routray told the DFO,“How long will people wait?

People have lostpatience andstarted saying thatthe killer is a manas we are unableto trace the ani-mal. This is toomuch.”

Meanwhile, ateam of officialsfrom theNan d an k an anzoo led by itsAssistant Director

KL Purohit also visited the vil-lages and took stock of the sit-uation. Purohit said that fromthe pugmarks he was sure thatthe killer is a wolf.

The Forest Departmentundertook night patrolling inthe villages with the help oflocal residents. Installation ofCCTV cameras and setting oftraps have not yet been done inthe vulnerable areas despite theannouncement of the PCCF,locals alleged.

The Forest Departmenthas advised the villagers to keeptheir animals in sheds withwalls and keep lights on atnight as a precaution.

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Notorious land mafiaAkshaya Kumar Nath,

who had duped innocent ruralpeople of crore of rupees in thename of giving them land inKeonjhar town, surrendered incourt on Wednesday. He wasabsconding since 2015 aftercheating people on the plea ofgiving them valuable land nearthe Keonjhar railway station.

An FIR had been registeredat the Town police station, butpolice were not able to nab him.Being desperate, victimSuryanarayan Mahanta ofChampua and six others had

twice met Keonjhar SP RajeshPandit. Then, the Town policemoved the District SessionsCourt to declare the mafiaabsconding. The police then

issued NBW against him.Meanwhile, the accused had

filed a petition at the HighCourt for granting him bail. TheHigh Court ordered him to sur-render before the lower court forthe bail purpose. Accordingly,Nath surrendered at the JMFCCourt, Keonjhar on Tuesday, butthe court rejected his bail plea.

On Wednesday, heappealed at the Sessions Courtfor bail. When his advocate wasmoving the petition, Town PSSI Umakanta Sahoo, getting atipoff, reached the court andvehemently opposed bail. Thecourt turned down the bailpetition and sent Nath to jail.

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The Odisha SecondarySchool Teachers’

Association (OSSTA)Mayurbhanj unit haslaunched a 21-day-long agi-tation demanding protectionof the interests of the school-teachers, their profession andservice conditions, improve-ment of the schools and over-hauling of the education system.

The Satyagraha that waslaunched by the teachersbefore the DEO office here onWednesday is to continue till

July 18. The programme presided

over by OSSTA district unitpresident Nirod ChandraMohanta is being attended bydistrict secretary BharatChandra Baral , seniorteacher-leaders DuryodhanBehera, JnanaranjanPanigrahi, ChittaranjanPalata, Balaram Das andKishor Kumar Acharya.

The leaders on Thursday,speaking at the demonstrationsite, hinted that they wouldform a Shiksha SurakshaManch to intensify the move-ment in support of theirdemands.

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Ahead of BJP national pres-ident Amit Shah’s July 4

Ganjam visit, the BharatiyaJanata Yuva Morcha (BJYM)organised a youth conventionand a preparatory meet here onThursday.

At the outset, the leadersheld discussions on the party’sprogramme “Asantu GadhibaNua Odisha”. BJYM State vice-president Thankur Ranjit Dasurged the youths to act asambassadors of change byinforming people about the

Narendra Modi Government’svarious welfare schemes.

BJP State secretary BibhutiJena urged the youths tostrengthen the party and makeModi’s dream come true.District BJP president KanhuCharan Pati said at least 20youths from every booth wouldwelcome BJP national presidentAmit Shah to Ganjam.

Morcha general secretaryN Rajendra Kumar and Stateexecutive member Saroj Sabatdiscussed on organisationalprogrammes. Among others,Kamana Padhy, Dharani Dhar

Behera, Tiki Patro, RabindraSahu, Surjyamani Patro, BikeshPanigrahi, Pravat Sadangi andSunil Rao were present.

Thereafter, a preparatorymeeting was also organisedfor Shah’s visit.

It was decided that partyworkers would go to eachhousehold and hand over invi-tation letters inviting them toparticipate in the road-showduring Shah’s visit.

A ground breaking cere-mony was held in Ambapuawhere Shah would address ameeting, informed Pati.

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Baripada: A Gram RojgarSevak (GRS) of Dukura villageunder the Khunta police limitsin Mayurbhanj district died atDukura late on Tuesday night.The reason of the untimelydeath of 35-year-old AnupNayak are not yet ascertainedalthough police are investigat-ing into it> Some describe it asa pre-planned killing.

According to reports, whenNayak did not return home tilllate on Tuesday night, his fam-ily members and neighbours gotworried. After a hectic search,

Nayak’s dead body was found ina dug-well belonging to oneDina Mahali in the village.

Nayak, who is survived hiswife, a son and a daughter, hadsome time back won theSecond Best GRS award for hisefficiency in the field of housedistribution under the PradhanMantri Awas Yojana. PNS

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Steel Authority of India Ltd.(SAIL) is readying itself for a

smooth transition into the newtax regime which will come intoeffect with the introduction ofGST from July 1, 2017. Thecompany, besides appointmentof reputed consultant for over-seeing the transition, has alsoformed special teams for coor-dination with its pan Indiabased plants, units, marketingoffices and other units formigrating to GST regime.

It recently announced thatit aims at marketing 15 milliontonnes of saleable steel duringthe current fiscal and it is alsoadopting a demand based pro-duction model to reassert itsmarket share. In such circum-stances, the company believesthat, a unified tax structure ofGST will help in creatingnational market while reducingburden of multiple taxation onbuyer and enhancing the busi-ness sentiments, a companypress release informed.

The introduction of GST isa significant step in the coun-try’s taxation regime whichwill have far reaching and pos-itive impact on Indian econo-my. Implementation of this

huge transformation process,requires detailed planning andclear understanding of theeffects it will have, on the exist-ing systems and procedures.

Keeping in mind theserequirements, the dedicatedteams are executing necessarymodifications in the company’sinternal systems and proce-dures, under the overall super-vision and guidance of topmanagement.

The teams are interactinground the clock to ensure clearunderstanding of the variousrules and guidelines beingissued in this regard to enhancethe comprehension of GSTprovisions to be implemented.

The teams of variousplants and units of the compa-ny have undertaken specialinitiative and drive to educatethe vendors, customers, con-tractors in addition to aware-ness programs for educating itsemployees to ensure smoothswitching over to the new sys-tem of tax administration.

SAIL management feels thatthe introduction of this uniqueindirect tax regime will havepowerful impact on the domes-tic economy. The unified taxa-tion will bring in more trans-parency to the system and one

tax one market economy willdefinitely boost the ease of doingbusiness, the press release stated.

Notably, SAIL is also co-ordinating with the constructionof Rail line from DaIlirajhara toRowghat covering a distance of95 km with Indian Railways inChhattisgarh.

The project for doubling ofRailway line between Kiranduland Jagdalpur in Chhatisgarh’sinsurgency ridden Bastarregion is expected to be com-plete by January 2019, officialsources informed.

Notably, NMDC Ltd —the country’s largest iron oreproducer and exporter had alsosigned a Memorandum ofUnderstanding with the UnionMinistry of Railways onDecember 21, 2012 and theaforesaid project would be help-ful in significantly augmentingevacuation capacity of NMDC’sBailadila Sector mines by railfrom the existing 28 MTPA to40 MTPA of iron ore.

NMDC had deposited anamount of �150 crores withEast Coast Railway and theexpenditure incurred as onMarch 31, 2015 was �132 crore,sources informed.

For execution of the project,the Railways has divided the 150

km length of doubling work intothree Sections namely, Jagdalpurto Silakjori 45.50 km, Kirandulto Gidam 52.23 km and Silakjorito Gidam 52.73 km.

Notably, the �2000 croreRowghat to Jagdalpur railwayline would also pass throughheavily insurgency infestedKondagaon and Narayanpurdistricts of Bastar division inChhattisgarh, officials stated.The project is a joint venturebetween ChhattisgarhGovernment, NMDC, SAIL andIRCON.

There are a total of 840farmers in Chhattisgarh whoseland had been acquired for theDallirajahara-Rowghat rail lineproject, the CentralGovernment has informed.

It may be recalled thatChhattisgarh Governmentwould also be earmarking suit-able land banks in the vicinityof Dallirajahara-Rowghat-Jagdalpur Rail Corridor forsetting up of small industrialunits, officials informed. TheChhattisgarh Governmentwould be earmarking suitableland banks in the vicinity ofD a l l i r a j a h ar a - R ow g h at -Jagdalpur Rail Corridor forsetting up of small industrialunits, officials informed.

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From Page 1The term of the present

incumbent Hamid Ansari, whohas held the post for two con-secutive terms, is coming to anend on August 10. The electoralcollege which elects the Vice-President, who is also the ex-officio Chairman of the RajyaSabha, consists of elected andnominated members of theRajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha.The total strength of the twoHouses is 790, but there aresome vacancies.

In the 545-member LokSabha, the BJP has 281 mem-bers. The NDA-led by BJP has338 members. In the 243-member Rajya Sabha, the BJPhas 56 members, while theCongress with 59 is the singlelargest party. With its recentwins in the recent Assemblypolls, the BJP is set to emergeas the single largest party in theRajya Sabha next year and theNDA’s tally will be close to 100.It would, however, still be shortof a majority in the upperhouse.

“Members of Parliamentwill use special pens for mark-ing their choice,” Zaidi said.Votes marked with any otherpen are liable to be rejected.The decision to use specialpens is based on the recom-mendations made by a workinggroup set up by the poll panelto suggest ways to avoid repeatof such disputes in future polls.

From Page 1Later, the Ministry uploaded

two photographs on its websitealong with the Chinese transcriptof Lu’s press briefing.

One photo showed two bull-dozers stated to be that of theIndian military while anothershowed one bulldozer. A redlinein the photos was showed as“Chinese side of the border”.

In the briefing, Lu said thediplomatic channel for com-

munications between the twocountries remains “unimped-ed”. Replying to pointed ques-tions by the Chinese officialmedia about Indian Army chiefGen Rawat’s remarks that therewas no incursion, Lu said, “Wehave said clearly here that thereality is that the Indian bordertroops illegally trespassed intothe Chinese territory across theSikkim section.”

“Gen Rawat’s remarks also

prove that the previous report bythe Indian media was not true.The truth cannot be covered up.

We again urge the Indianside to abide by the historicalboundary convention,” he said,referring to China’s assertion inthe past few days that Sikkim sec-tion of the India-China bound-ary was settled under the Sino-British Treaty of 1890 whichBeijing also claims was accept-ed by India later.

Lu said India should respectChina’s territorial sovereigntyand withdraw the troops back tothe Indian side of the boundaryto avoid any escalations.

To another questionwhether the “overstepping” bythe Indian troops violated inter-national law and the basic prin-ciples of international relations,Lu said the Sikkim sector of theChina-Indian border has a veryclear legal basis.

“According to the conven-tion between China and GreatBritain relating to Sikkim andTibet, in 1890, the boundary ofSikkim and Tibet shall be thecrest of the mountain range sep-arating the waters flowing intoSikkim, Teesta and its effluentsfrom the waters flowing into theTibetan Mochu, then north-wards into other rivers of Tibet,”he said.

“The line commences at themount Gipmochi on the Bhutanfrontier. According to this con-vention, the Doklong regionbelongs to China’s territory,” he

said, alleging that India troopstrespassed the area.

“This is an undeniable factthat the Indian troops havetrespassed the boundary and itis violating our historicalboundary convention as well asthe promises made by the pre-vious Indian governments,” hesaid. About the demarche byBhutan asking China to stoproad construction in theDonglang area, Lu saidDonglang has been China’sterritory since “ancient times”.

“This is an indisputable real-ity and we have very adequatelegal basis concerning this. Thisis just a sovereign action byChina to conduct road con-structions in our territory. Thisis totally justifiable and lawful,”he said. The Chinese media alsocarried stories on the Sikkimstand-off, saying India’s defeat inthe 1962 war is having a “lin-gering effect”.

“Being defeated by China in1962 has left a lingering effect onIndia,” an article in China.Com,a Chinese portal said, allegingthat India is trying to seek polit-ical and diplomatic power as wellas military superiority. About theSikkim stand-off it said India ismaking “unfounded charges”through the Indian media.

An article in the GlobalTimes’ Chinese edition saidwhile the Sikkim part of theIndia-China border is settledmost of the disputes occurred inthe western part.

From page 1“The midnight session of

Parliament was held only thrice,starting with August 15, 1947.In 1972, the session was held tomark the silver jubilee and thethird time it was for the goldenjubilee of our Independence,”Azad said, adding, “Maybe 1947has no relevance for the BJP,because they played no role inthe freedom struggle.”

He said the other reasonfor skipping the function wasthe fact that the BJP was in ahurry to roll out the tax reformwithout any ground work,which was neither conducivefor traders nor for consumers.

Meanwhile, FinanceMinister Arun Jaitley andInformation and BroadcastingMinister Venkaiah Naiduappealed to the Congress andLeft parties to reconsider theirdecision to boycott the galaGST launch.

Urging the Opposition par-ties to “display broad shoul-ders”, Jaitley said they shouldnot “disassociate” from thedecision they were a party to.The GST, which will unify adozen State and Central leviesto weave India into one market,is the biggest tax reform sinceIndia’s Independence, he toldreporters here.

Hundreds of decisions onGST, including rules as also thetax rates were taken by con-sensus in the GST Councilwhich comprises not just theCentre but also representa-tives of all States run by differ-

ent political parties, he said.“I can say this without fear

of contradiction that there hasnever been this (kind of) exer-cise, of this kind of political con-sultation and political consen-sus in bringing the GST,” he said.

Jaitley said a party to suchconsultation and decision-making process must alsoaccept that GST is not just adecision of the CentralGovernment but an equal deci-sion of 31 States and UTs.

“They must now displaybroad shoulders and own up tothese decisions. Symbolic boy-cotts are not an evidence of anykind of disassociation fromthese decisions,” he said.

Echoing similar views,Naidu advised political partiesnot to politicize GST, saying thecountry was bound to benefithugely from the tax initiative inthe long run. “The long-termeffects of the GST will be high-ly beneficial for the country’seconomy but it may have initial,short-term negative effects on,inflation and the GDP,” Naidusaid at a Press conference here.

The Congress’ decision toskip the mega function cameafter Congress president SoniaGandhi met Manmohan Singhalong with other leaders. Theparty was in a dilemma overattending the special mid-night event in Parliament onJune 30 to mark the imple-mentation of GST and has hadwide-ranging discussions withother parties also, which arelikely to follow suit.

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The Opposition onThursday termed Prime

Minister Narendra Modi'sremarks against killings in thename of cow as "too little, toolate" and said instead of state-ments he should ensure strictaction against the guilty.

Congress vice-presidentRahul Gandhi tweeted “wordsmean nothing when actionsoutdo them,” even as the Leftparties maintained that Modineed not remind people ofMahatma Gandhi's ideals butshould ensure strict actionagainst those attacking peopleon the pretext of protectingcows.

At the AICC briefing,senior Congress spokesper-son Ghulam Nabi Azaddubbed Modi's remarks as"yet another publicity stunt"which had "no meaning". Hesaid the remarks have comeafter "public pressure" in thewake of Wednesday's coun-trywide protests against lynch-ings.

On the Prime Minister'sstatement that unleashing vio-lence against others wentagainst the ideals of Gandhi,

CPI(M) general secretarySitaram Yechury said: "We donot need him to remind us ofthis."

"We are aware of Gandhi'sprinciples ... We want to knowwhat the prime minister pro-poses to do to stop suchmobocracy," he said.

In an open letter, CPI gen-eral secretary S SudhakarReddy welcomed Modi's"another" warning to the "so-called" cow vigilantes. "In spiteof Modi's severe warning tothem", anti-social elementsare continuing with their activ-ity. It is not clear to peoplewhat is encouraging them, itsaid.

Ministers in the BJP-ruledstates are supporting cow vig-ilantes, directly or indirectly,through their statements, hesaid adding no action hasbeen taken against cow vigi-lantes or in cases of attacks onDalits.

"It is more like a warlord'sregime of Middle Ages then ademocratic government of the21st century in India, espe-cially in BJP-ruled states ...Real, serious steps should betaken to stop these killings atonce," he added.

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The Centre on Thursdayapproved �795.54 crore

funds to Karnataka for pro-viding relief to farmers who losttheir Rabi (winter) crops in2016 due to severe drought.The decision was taken in theHigh Level Committee (HLC)meeting, headed by HomeMinister Rajnath Singh.

Finance minister ArunJaitley, Agriculture MinisterRadha Mohan Singh and seniorofficers were also present at themeeting. The HLC approvedthe assistance from theNational Disaster Relief Fund(NDRF) in respect ofKarnataka to the tune of�795.54 crore. The assistance toKarnataka is given in the wakeof drought (Rabi) of 2016-17crop year (July-June).

The relief amount, howev-er, is much lower than �3,310crore sought by the StateGovernment, state AgricultureMinister Krishna Byre Gowdaand Revenue Minister KagoduThimmappa said. The twoMinisters had met RajnathSingh just before the HLCmeeting and demanded earlydecision on the drought relieffor the state.

The NDA Government hasdeputed three separate teamsled by senior IAS officer JalajSrivastava for on-the-groundassessment. " The relief amountis lower than our demand, it is

higher than �607 crore sanc-tioned for rabi crop loss in2015-16," Gowda said. Hehoped that there was no furtherdelay in release of this amountto the state. Early release offunds will benefit farmers, whoare preparing fields for thekharif sowing in the currentyear. The State is ready with thetechnology platform for "trans-parent" transfer of relief fundsdirectly to the bank accounts ofthe affected farmers, Gowdasaid.

"There is always delay insanctioning of the funds afterthe HLC decision. There wasthree months delay in release ofdrought relief funds for kharifcrop loss in 2016-17," theMinister said.

After three consecutiveyears of drought, the state hasreceived fairly good rains so farexcept in 7-8 districts.

The State is keeping a closewatch on monsoon and takingall measures to help farmersduring the ongoing sowingseason of summer (kharif)crops, he added.

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The Election Commissionon Thursday justified its

decision to seek powers toinitiate contempt proceedingsagainst political parties whichlevel allegations against it with-out evidence, saying it was thebest way to defend itself againstunfounded claims.

"It is not a question ofseeking power to punish some-body under the Contempt ofCourt Act. It is a question oflevelling unfounded allega-tions. We can go for defama-tion which we do not want. Wedo not want to move court asa complainant," Chief ElectionCommissioner Nasim Zaidisaid. He said having contemptof court powers was the bestway out.

Zaidi was asked why theCommission wrote to theGovernment seeing powers toinitiate contempt proceedingsagainst those who have ques-tioned the neutrality of thebody. The EC had in Aprilwritten a letter to the Law

Ministry, urging it to amendthe election laws so that it canuse the Contempt of Court Actagainst such parties.

"Some even accuse theCommission of working infavour of the winning politicalparties ... In order to addressthe emerging situation, there isa rationale and a strong-feltneed that the ElectionCommission may also be givenpower to punish for its owncontempt," the EC said.

Responding to a questionon the office of profit caseagainst 20 AAP MLAs, he saidthe Commission will decide onthe next date of hearing soon.

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The nominations of all pres-idential candidates bar-

ring those of NDA nomineeRam Nath Kovind andOpposition-backed MeiraKumar were rejected onThursday during scrutinyprocess.

About 95 persons had filedtheir nominations, includingKumar and Kovind.

Except the two main con-tenders, the nominations ofthe rest were rejected as noneof them was proposed andbacked by the required num-ber of members of theElectoral College.

The nominations wererejected in the scrutiny processinitiated on Thursday.

The election for the officeof President will take place onJuly 17. According to the rules,a presidential candidate'snomination should be signedby at least 50 members of anelectoral college as proposersand endorsed by as many.MPs of Lok Sabha, RajyaSabha and MLAs of all leg-islative assemblies are members of the ElectoralCollege.This t ime, theSecretary General of the Lok Sabha is the returningofficer for the presidentialelection.

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The Supreme Court hasrejected the anticipatory

bail plea of a man, booked forallegedly shooting a pet dogdead and causing bulletinjuries to its owner, andasked him to surrender.

The apex court refused toaccept the submission of thecounsel appearing for theaccused that the bullets werefired at the dog as it was "furi-ous" and was attacking him.

The Bench told the coun-sel representing petitionerPratibh Sharma, “You hadfired gunshots to scare thedog? You are saying that theincident is of a dog barkingand you fired at the dog.

"Three shots were firedtowards the complainant(dog's owner). He had sus-tained injuries. The dog haddied.”

“There is no question ofanticipatory bail. You sur-render first," Sharma's coun-sel contended before the courtthat the dog was furious

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Against the backdrop ofincidents of lynching in

the country and civil protestsagainst them, Union MinisterMukhtar Abbas Naqvi onThursday asserted that therewas no atmosphere of fear or insecurity prevailing among the minority commu-nity.

The Minister of State forMinority Affairs alleged "hos-tile forces" were behind suchincidents and maintained thatsuch "tactics" will not beallowed to succeed.

Naqvi, who was attendingthe 76th meeting of CentralWaqf Council here, however,stressed that the incidents can-not be justified and pitched fortough action against the per-petrators.He said safety of everysection of the society was"equally important" for theCentre.

"I do not think there is fearor insecurity among minori-ties. But whatever incidents aretaking place, be it small or big,be it a criminal conspiracy, inno way it is justified. Actionshould be taken as per lawagainst them," the ministersaid.

Asked which forces werebehind such incidents, Naqviskirted the query.

He said the state govern-ments (given law and order isa state subject) concerned weretaking "immediate and effec-tive" action against the peopleinvolved.

"The governments ofRajasthan, Haryana andJharkhand have without wast-ing any time taken actionagainst such people. I myselfhad spoken to the chief minis-ters and officials of these states,"he said.

The minister said the mea-sures the Centre had taken dur-

ing the last three years of itsrule were a reflection of its"empowerment withoutappeasement" policy, which headded, has created an "atmos-phere of development andtrust".

On the irregularities relat-ing to the Wakf properties,Naqvi said more than 2,000cases of encroachment of waqfproperties have been filed overthe past one-and-half yearsand strict action is being takenagainst the accused.

The minister of state forminority affairs said the gov-ernment will not spare thosewho have occupied waqf prop-erties illegally.

"More than 2,000 criminalcases have been filed over thepast one-and-half years. Wewant to free these propertiesfrom the clutches of mafias nomatter how strong they are,"Naqvi told newspersons afterthe meeting . eom

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Facing criticism for notprotesting against men-

tioning of "Indian-Administered Jammu andKashmir" (IAJK) by the UnitedStates State Department, theCentre on Thursday tried todownplay the usage of theterm saying it merely affirmedIndian position that HizbulMujaheedin chief SyedSalahuddin had been involvedin cross-border terrorismagainst India. The Ministry ofExternal Affairs maintainedthat similar terms have beenused in the past also.

However, following querieson whether India has taken upthe use of term IAJK with theUS Government, the MEAspokesperson Gopal Baglaysaid that India's position thatthe entire state of Jammu andKashmir is an integral part ofIndia is well known. "The USGovernment has been apprisedof the same once again," headded.

Just hours before AmericanPresident Donald Trump metPrime Minister Narendra Modion Monday, the US StateDepartment designatingHizbul Mujahideen chief Syed

Salahuddin as a "SpeciallyDesignated Global Terrorist".

"Mohammad Yusuf Shah,aka Syed Salahuddin, is thesenior leader of the militantgroup Hizbul Mujahideen(HM). In September, 2016,Salahuddin vowed to blockany peaceful resolution to theKashmir conflict, threatened totrain more Kashmiri suicidebombers, and vowed to turnthe Kashmir valley `into agraveyard for Indian forces.'Under Salahuddin's tenure assenior HM leader, HM hasclaimed responsibility for sev-eral attacks, including the April2014 explosives attack inIndian-administered Jammuand Kashmir, which injured 17people," the US StateDepartment said.

The wordings -- IAJK --drew strong criticism fromseveral quarters. The Congress

had on Wednesday attacked thethe Modi government over itssilence on the issue.

Reacting to the criticismand queries from media for notprotesting US wordings onJ&K, Baglay said: "Similar termhas been used in the StateDepartment's country reportson terrorism brought out everyyear, including in the period2010-2013, in the context ofcross-border terrorism perpe-trated on India. India's consis-tent position that the entirestate of Jammu and Kashmir isan integral part of India is wellknown."

He said India has wel-comed the designation ofSalahuddin as a SpeciallyDesignated Global Terrorist bythe US and added that thislong-awaited step had beenunder discussion. "The JointStatement issued on June 26,2017 after Prime Minister'stalks with US President Trumpis the strongest joint expres-sion of the commitment of thetwo sides to be shoulder-to-shoulder in the fight againstterrorism and calls on Pakistanto ensure that its territory isnot used to launch terroristattacks on other countries," he said.

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Union Home MinisterRajnath Singh on

Thursday urged the public tocontribute generously to the'Bharat Ke Veer' fund, dedicat-ed for the welfare of family ofmartyred soldiers. Singh saidsuch financial contributionswill not only help the familiesof paramilitary jawans but alsoassure them that every citizenof the country was solidlybehind them.

"Paramilitary personnelhave contributed immenselyfor maintaining unity andintegrity of the country. It is ourresponsibility to honour suchbrave soldiers," he said.

The monetary contribu-tions can be made on the ded-icated website -bharatkeveer.Gov.In - and itgoes straight into the bankaccount of soldier's family. Themain objective of the portal isto enable the public to help thefamilies of soldiers by donatingmoney online directly to theindividual braveheart's accountor to the corpus.

So far, Rs 7,93,90,858 hasbeen donated to the fund'Bharat Ke Veer', a home min-istry official said. The website

was launched in April by Singhalong with Bollywood actorAkshay Kumar who had moot-ed the idea.

Bravehearts from the fol-lowing armed forces are includ-ed in the portal for the contri-bution: Border Security Force(BSF), Central IndustrialSecurity Force (CISF), CentralReserve Police Force (CRPF),

Indo-Tibetan Border PoliceForce (ITBP), Assam Rifles(AR), National DisasterResponse Force (NDRF-India),National Security Guards (NSG)and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).

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The Government mayrestrict the sale of 14

steroid-based creams and oint-ments in view of their rampantmisuse leading to 'tinea' infec-tions-- superficial fungal infec-tions caused by three species offungi collectively known asdermatophytes.

Commonly, these infec-tions are named for the bodypart affected, including tineacorporis (general skin), tineacruris (groin), and tinea pedis(feet).

Dermatologists say thattopical cortisteroid prepara-tions are being sold unre-stricted by the chemists andgeneral practitioners to anyonecomplaining of itching, sore-ness, acne or any commonskin complaint, resulting invarious side effects.

With fungal infection casesreaching out of proportion,the highest decision makingbody of the Union HealthMinistry on technical matters,Drug and Technical AdvisoryBoard (DTAB) under theDCGI has recently advised theGovernment to ensure thatthese steroids are not soldwithout doctor's prescription .

The aim is to prevent their

misuse which is making treat-ment of the fungal infection inthe country almost nightmarefor the dermatologists, saidsources in the DCGI.

Just a few months ago, theMinistry had banned steroidscontaining Fixed DoseCombinations (FDCs) follow-ing complaints from TheIndian Association ofDermatologists andVenereologists and Leprologists(IADVL). It had alleged thattreating fungal infections wasbecoming a therapeutic night-

mare due to the indiscriminateuse of topical corticosteroids,leading to rapid resistance tocurrent antifungal drugs.

Past President of IADVLand Lucknow-based derma-tologist Devesh Mishra saidthat because of the unaware-ness, patient are purchasingthese steroid based ointmentsand creams from the chemistsshops on their own or on therecommendations of thechemists. However, thesesteroids just give immediaterelief but are not permanenttreatment for the infection.By the time the patients reach

us, their infection is aggravat-ed and in some cases it isuntreatable, he added.

"We had sought inclusionof all topical steroids in sched-ule H; clobetasol propionate,betamethasone, mometasonefuroate, fluticasone propionate,clobetasone 17-butyrate andhydrocortisone," said theIADVL in its letter to theDCGI.

In addition, irrational useof topical steroids has alsoresulted in various systemicside effects (glaucoma, hyper-tension, hyperglycemia etc,said Mishra.

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Around half-a-dozen MPspresent in the meeting of

Parliamentar y MinorityConsultative Committee on

Thursday staged a walkoutafter their demand for offer-ing condolence for lynchingvictims, including Junaid, wasdenied by Union MinisterMukhtar Abbas Naqvi.

Naqvi was deliberating inthe committee with the MPson the issue of multi-sectoraldevelopment programmewhen the issue was raised bysome of the MPs. They soughta condolence for those whowere lynched in the recentpast on the issues relating to

the beef controversies. Naqvi, however, did not

agree to the demand whichprompted the six MPs JD(U)'sAli Anwar Ansari, E TMohammed Basheer fromMuslim League, Idris Ali fromTMC, Joy Abraham fromKerala Congress and M IShanavas and Mausam Noorfrom Congress, to walk outfrom the meeting.

"In today's meeting all sixMPs, including myself ,requested Naqviji to condemn

the lynching of innocent boyJunaid and other such inci-dents. We also wanted to placeit on record in the proceedings of the meeting,"Ansari said.

The members also soughta two-minute silence beobserved during the meetingas mark of respect for thosekilled by mobs.

However, sources said,Naqvi rejected the MPs'demand as it was "not part ofthe meeting's agenda".

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NDA's presidential nomineeRam Nath Kovind will be

touring Southern States fromJuly 1 to campaign for his elec-tion to the highest constitu-tional post.

Kovind has been visitingdifferent states in the countryto garner support for his can-didature against the Congress-led opposition candidate for-mer Speaker Meira Kumar.

After wrapping up his tourof Punjab and Uttarakhand,the NDA presidential candi-

date would be moving to thesouthern states including TamilNadu, Andhra Pradesh,Telangana and Karnataka.

Kovind would be accom-panied by Union Minister J PNadda and BJP GeneralSecretary Muralidhar Rao.After visiting Tamil Naduand meeting AIADMK leaderO Panneerselvam, he wouldmeet Chief Minister EPalaniswami.

On July 4, Kovind willvisit Telangana and AndhraPradesh and interact withleaders of TDP, TRS and YSRCongress. On July 5, hewould be in Karnataka .Senior BJP Ministers MVenkaiah Naidu and ArunJaitley would be with theNDA nominee there.

Kovind is expected to visitNorth-Eastern states on July 6-7.

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Thursday issued a show-causenotice to hardline HurriyatConference leader Syed Ali ShahGeelani, asking him to explainthe source of $10,000 "illegally"possessed by him in 2002.

The foreign currency wasseized during Income-TaxDepartment raids at his resi-dence in Srinagar's Hyderporaarea in 2002.The probe agencyissued the notice, under varioussections of the Foreign ExchangeManagement Act (FEMA), tothe 87-year-old separatist leaderbased in Srinagar in Jammu &Kashmir.

Geelani heads the hardlinefaction of the HurriyatConference.Taking cognisanceof the I-T Dept report, the EDhad issued summons to Geelanito appear before it in Srinagar inMarch this year.

His counsel submitted awritten reply and denied therecovery of foreign currencyfrom his residence and seizure.

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Under fire from theOpposition parties for

pushing Gorkha JanmuktiMorcha (GJM) against the wallso that it resurrected the staleGorkhaland movement tothreaten the unity of Bengal,Chief Minister MamataBanerjee on Thursday dumpedthe entire blame of Darjeelingcrisis at the Centre’s dooraccusing New Delhi for “play-ing politics in the Hills.”

Banerjee, who was address-ing a huge gathering atBurdwan, blamed the NarendraModi Government for the sit-uation in Darjeeling which waswitnessing indefinite bandh forthe past two weeks or so.

“Having miserably failed toensure peace in Kashmir they

(Centre) are now poking theirnose in Darjeeling. They areplaying politics here. But wewill not let them play game inBengal,” she said vowing to stoppartition of Bengal for the sec-ond time.

“I will give everything, job,development, food, and what-ever that is within our meansbut I will never allow Bengal tobe partitioned again. Not till Iam alive” Banerjee said blam-ing the Centre for “playing pol-

itics in Darjeeling.”Attacking the Centre for

“forcing the GST on the peopleof the country when they arenot prepared for it right now,”she said “when they diddemonetisation, we objectedsaying it was going to be thebiggest scam and eventually wewere proved right. Now we aresaying that forcing GST on thenation without giving it suffi-cient time will be disastrous. Bythe time people will understandthe impact of this hasty deci-sion it will be too late.”

When the Trinamool was“protesting against their hastydecision, they are threateningus with stopping of centralfunds and sending CBI. But Iam not afraid of CBI or any-thing. They can send CBI, EDor whatever. I am not afraid of

them and I will continue toraise my voice as I always takeup people’s cause.”

Attacking the Centre fordiverting the people’s mind totrivial issues like cow slaughterand divesting the Government’sprofit-making and heritageconcerns she said. “They aretrying to sell Burn Standard,Air India or for that mattereven the Indian Railways.Occasional implementation ofPPP models is alright but dis-investing the profit-makingconcerns is like selling away thenational property. Air Indiashould not be sold out becauseit is the pride of the nation.”

She warned that the peoplehad brought BJP to power and“if they continue to do excessthey will be thrown out ofpower by t he people.”

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The divine voice whichimmortalised the famous

Sri Kandha Sashti Kavacham, ahymn in praise of Lord Muruga,has fallen quiet. Jayalakshmi,the surviving member of thecelebrated SoolamangalamSisters, passed away lateWednesday night. She was 80.

Jayalakshmi and her eldersibling Rajalakshmi, known allover the world asSoolamangalam Sisters, hadrendered Sri Kandha SashtiKavacham and Skanda GuruKavacham in their own dis-tinct style. These are the twohymns played in Lord Muruga

temples all over the world.Though the duo was

trained and excelled as Carnaticmusicians, their devotionalsongs took the Tamil world bystorm. “Tamil devotional songs,especially the great KandhaSashti Kavachan, got their placein the hearts of devotees main-ly due to the divine voice andrendering by theSoolamangalam Sisters whowere icons throughout theircareer,” said RamakrishnanGauthaman, director, VedicScience Research Centre,Chennai, about the duo.

The Soolamangalam Sistersset the trend of duo singingfrom the early 1950s itself.They were the precursor to

duos like Radha Jayalakshmi,Mambalam Sisters, BombaySisters, Haripriya —Shanmugapriya and Ranjani-Gayatthri pairs. Audio tapes ofKandha Sashti Kavacham ren-dered by the Soolamangalamduo set global sales records inan era when the DVDs andother gadgets were unheard of.

Rajalakshmi, the youngersister, who was more popularbecause of her songs in Tamilfilms, had passed away in 1992at a reasonably young age of 51.Since then Jayalakshmi had cuther public performances. Thesisters were born atSoolamangalam in Thanjavurdistrict and have been honouredwith many awards and honours.

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Tamil Nadu Governmenthas been caged by “Gutkha

Gate”. Though the SupremeCourt has banned the sale ofgutkha and all forms of chew-able tobacco and nicotine, theproducts continue to be soldacross Tamil Nadu. The reasonwhy the products are being soldin the State came out recentlywith a section of the mediaexposing the details of a lettersent by BR Balakrishnan,Principal Director of IncomeTax (Investigation), to the ChiefSecretary and the DirectorGeneral of Police.

The letter dated August 11,2016 had asked the Tamil NaduGovernment to investigatedetails of huge bribes beingpaid to a Minister in the TamilNadu Government, topbureaucrats and police officialsto facilitate the sale of gutkhaacross the State. Studies havefound that Gutkha is one of themajor causes for cancer.

The Income Tax depart-

ment’s letter is based on a state-ment made by one MadhavaRao, a partner of MDM brandGutkha, that he was paying �40crore per year as bribe to theMinister and other senior offi-cials in the administration asprotection money. There aremany “popular” brands ofGutkha being sold in all shopsin Tamil Nadu in violation of theSupreme Court order. Hundredsof customers, most of themmigrant workers from otherStates, make a beeline in front ofthese shops in the morninghours to get their stock ofgutkha and chewing tobacco.

Though the OppositionDMK tried to raise the issue inthe State Assembly, Speaker PDhanapalan did not allow themto do so which resulted in theentire Opposition walking outon Wednesday and Thursday.Interestingly, the documentsseized by the Income Tax offi-cials when they raided thepremises of the MDM compa-ny revealed the names of theMinister and the police officerswho were under the payroll of

the company.MK Stalin, leader of the

Opposition said the names men-tioned in the documents includeHealth Minister Vijaya Bhaskar,former police commissioner SGeorge, the incumbent directorgeneral of police TK Rajendran.He also demanded the imme-diate sacking of the Minister andthe police officers. “Though theIT department sounded thestate administration nearly oneyear back, the latter has nottaken any action over the infor-mation,” said Stalin.

Chief MinisterPalaniswamy told the House onThursday that the Governmentwas investigating the matter.The Union Home Ministry aswell as the Health Ministryhave sought reports from theState about the sale of gutkhadespite the Supreme Court’sban order.

Cyril Alexander, convenorof a NGO working in the fieldof tobacco control said alltobacco and gutkha productsbanned by the apex court areeasily available across the State.

“This could not happen with-out official patronage. Thebusiness is worth thousands ofcrores,” said Alexander.

The AIADMKGovernment led byPalaniswamy is plagued by aseries of corruption chargesand scams. A TV channel hadcome out with a sting operationin which two ruling partyMLAs confided that they wereoffered �5 crore in return forsupporting the Palaniswamygovernment during the trustvote held in February last. AChennai based lawyer was toldby the Election Commission ofIndia that it had directed theChief e Electoral Officer andthe returning Officer to file FIRagainst Chief MinisterPalaniswamy and five of hi cab-inet colleagues for alleged mal-practices in the by-election tothe RK Nagar assembly con-stituency which the ECI wasforced to rescind followingwide scale cash distribution.The Gutkha Gate the latestscam to hit the Tamil NaduGovernment.

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In a shameful incident a Dalitfarm labourer and his son

were allegedly tied up to the treeand beaten at Halagundakanalavillage in Vijayapura district ofKarnataka. According to policesources a father and brother ofa youth from the Dalit com-munity were tied to a tree andthrashed by the relatives of aMuslim girl, with whom he hadeloped on Sunday but the inci-dent came to light onWednesday.

According to eye witnessNingappa, the elder son ofMareppa Harijan, had elopedwith a girl of the same village.The girl’s father, his brother andfive others tied Mareppa to atree and beat him black andblue, holding him responsible.Ramesh, younger son ofMareppa, came to his father’srescue. He too was tied to theother side of the tree andthrashed severely.

Police confirmed onThursday that the incident ofa Dalit farm labourer and hisson were tied and beaten up hastaken place in the villageallegedly because the fatherhelped his 18-year-old sonelope with a minor Muslim girl.

In his complaint MareppaHarijan alleged that the girl’s

father and relatives assaultedhim and did not spare hisyounger son when he tried tostop them. He suffered multi-ple injuries and was admittedto Vijayapura Governmenthospital, police said.

Shivakumar Gunari,Additional Superintendent ofpolice of Vijayapura, said theaccused were booked under theScheduled Castes andScheduled Tribes (Prevention ofAtrocities) Act and Section 324(voluntarily causing hurt bydangerous weapons or means)of the Indian Penal Code.

He said “The girl’s father isyet to be arrested but almost allthe other accused have beenheld. The girl’s family has notlodged any case under theProtection of Children fromSexual Offences Act, whichthey could. The boy and the girlhave been missing for morethan 20 days”.

This is the second incidentin Vijaypura district inKarnataka this month involvingDalits and Muslims. On June 3,a 21-year-old pregnant Muslimwoman was allegedly burnt todeath by her family for elopingand marrying a Dalit. Membersof the Dalit Sangharsha Samitiheld a protest in front of the miniVidhana Soudha here against theincident.

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The Easter Central Railways(ECR) has extended the

running of some summer spe-cial trains for one fortnight.These trains were being runbetween Delhi and Darbhanga,Lucknow and Kolkata, AnandVihar to Jayanagar, Ferozepurand Darbhanga and AnandVihar and Saharsa. These specialtrains, both up and down, werescheduled to be run up to June27 and 30 but now they havebeen extended till July 10 to 17.

According to ECR CPRO AK Rajak, the ECR GeneralManger DK Gayen released abooklet Satarkta Sandesh at aspecial function at ECR head-quarters in Hajipur. On this

occasion 39 grade III and IVemployees were awarded fortheir best performance in the year. At another function theECR gave away prizes to itsemployees who participated inthe Hindi essay writing andHindi poetry recitation compe-tition. The theme of the essaywriting and poetry recitation was“Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat”.The first three awardees will rep-resent ECR at the national com-petition to be organized by theRailway Board, said Rajak.

The ECR also held its firstBharat Scouts and Guides awards2017 where the children comingfrom different zones of ECR weregreeted by Gayen and his wifeShibani who gave them awayprizes anf praised their services.

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The authorities in Kashmirannounced closure of

schools and colleges from June6 for ten days on account of‘summer vacation’ even as theweather is not too hot to warrantclosure. The vacations haveapparently been announced as aprecautionary measure to pre-vent flare-up in the wake of firstdeath anniversary of slain HizbulMujahideen leader BurhanWani. The Hizbul Mujahideenchief Syed Salahuddin last weekannounced weeklong pro-gramme to commemorateWani’s anniversary. The pro-gramme includes shutdown onJuly 8 and 13.

“It is hereby ordered that allthe Government educationalinstitutions as also recognisedprivate schools up to the high-er secondary level functioningin the Kashmir division andwinter zone of Jammu division

shall observe summer vacationswith effect from July 6 to July16,” said an order issued here.

“Any default on part of pri-vate institutions in observance ofthe calendar of summer vaca-tions so authorised shall attract

action under rules,” it added.A similar order was issued

to announce closure of all col-leges in the region for theperiod. The college, otherwise,have a set calendar to close forsummer vacations in August.

The common residents cas-tigated the Government for issu-ing what they call ‘anti-studentorder’. The educational activitieshave been hit in the Valley fol-lowing eruption of massive anti-government protests in educa-tional institutions triggered bysecurity forces’ action against stu-dents in Pulwama DegreeCollege on May 15.

“The Government doesn’tcare about the future of the stu-dents. They are concernedabout the law and order,” a res-ident said.

Legislator Sheikh Rasheedhas said there was no justifica-tion in declaring summer vaca-tions for the Kashmir provincefrom 6th of July.

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In a great relief to Andhra Pradesh Government,World Bank cleared loan for a tune of �4,700

crore for the development of green field capital‘Amaravati’ under ‘Sustainable City DevelopmentProject’. In recent days many complaints flood-ed to World Bank on the name of farmers onmany issues like environmental clearancesagainst Andhra Pradesh Government andrequested World Bank not to sanction loan.

World Bank team sat with Capital RegionDevelopment Agency authorities and got clar-ified all objections raised in the complaints likeprotection of local streams i.e. KondaveetiVagu etc. On satisfying with clarifications givenby the State Government, World Bank clearedloan application of AP Government.

State’s Energy, Infrastructure and InvestmentDepartment Principal Secretary Ajay Jain, CRDACommissioner Dr Cherukuri Sridhar informed

CM Nara Chandra Babu Naidu about World Bankclearance. Naidu discussed with officers on natureof complaints knocked the doors of World Bankfor the first time. He opined that the complaintsare politically motivated to malign StateGovernment before World Bank. He directed offi-cers to enquire into all complaints to take legalaction against faulty ones with mala fide intentions.

Besides complaints, World Bank has soughtmany other clarifications from CRDA officialsbefore clearing the Project Loan. The queries weresuch as to how the AP Government will repay thehefty loan and by what time would the perma-nent government complex be ready, the financialviability of the capital city project and the solu-bility of the AP State Capital Region DevelopmentAuthority etc. The team mainly insisted about theGovernment of India funding for permanent gov-ernment complex construction. Sources said theteam of World Bank satisfied with reports sub-mitted by CRDA.

Srinagar: The OppositionNational Conference leader andformer Chief Minister OmarAbdullah lauded Prime MinisterNarendra Modi on his statementagainst violence in the name ofcow protection and expressedhope that the vigilantes willheed to the PM’s advice.

“Well said sir. Here’s hopingthe people carrying out thesedespicable acts take your wordsto heart and act accordingly,”Omar wrote on Twitter.

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Hyderabad: The police onThursday registered a caseagainst parents of a baby boy forselling him to another couple.

B Lalamma and B Jaiappa,residents of Karankota in theneighbouring Vikarabad dis-trict, sold their one-and-a-halfmonths old boy to another cou-ple, Vijaya and Bhoopathi,based in Tandur town, aroundseven months ago, police said.

Two others, Anjarmmaand Dattappa, acted as agents,said sub-inspector Laxmaiah.

Officials of the NGOChildline lodged a complaintwith police on Thursday sayingthat after getting a tip-off thata baby had been sold for �8,000,they traced the buyer couple inTandur town of Vikarabad dis-trict and rescued him.

Police probe revealed thatthe parents, with the help of alawyer, had prepared an adop-tion deed before giving up theboy to Vijaya and Bhoopathi,and later took �8,000 fromthem. PTI

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Hundreds of owners ofwatering holes — bars,

liquor shops and pubs — com-ing under the highway limit, inand around IT city Bengaluruare left high and dry as thedeadline of Saturday is fastapproaching to shut shop as perthe Supreme Court order. TheBengalurians with a cos-mopolitan outlook have alwayssocialising in these waterholeshave to face the wrath of theSupreme Court to face the drydays.

Many professionals forwhom Bengaluru is the pubcity will lose its shine as theyhave to face the dry days unlessthe Union Government decideto de-notify these highways.Many pub hoppers are worriedover the consequence of theban and finding alternatives togap a hole in the water holes.

According to StateGovernment sources at leastover 800 bars and pubs willhave to shut their shops in andaround Bengaluru by Saturday,as the Central Government isyet to decide whether the siximportant highways inBengaluru will be de-notified.If there is no decision thewater holes come within 500mof highways will have to shut,as per apex court order.

The bar owners are cross-ing their fingers as it hurts their

business but confident thatState Government might givethem time to shift without can-celling their licences.Karnataka is one of the topStates in terms of alcohol con-sumption and sales. Accordingto State excise departmentnotices have been issueddirecting liquor shops that fallwithin the court order to stopserving liquor and retail out-lets to either relocate or close.

Many water holes in MGroad, church street and otherroads which cone under centralbusiness district (CBD) areclassified as highways, affectingowners and patrons of restau-rants, pubs, bars and otherestablishments in these areas.

Madhukar Shetty, secre-tary of Karnataka HotelsAssociation feels the issue maynot be resolved by June 30. He

says the roads (highways haveto be de notified by Union andState Governments. He saysthey lose business without thehelp of the Government.According to Shetty even ifthey are allowed to relocate, notall will be able to. Shetty esti-mates that only 60 per cent willbe able to shift as it requires ahuge amount of capital. Therest will probably shut downpermanently, he estimates.

An excise offcial said“Retailers will have to shift orclose down units; there is noother way currently. They haveto pay 50 per cent of theirrenewal fee as shifting charges.Suppose the licence fee is �4lakhs, and then the retailer hasto pay �2 lakh as shiftingcharges.”

According to sources waterholes in and around MG roadChurch street where thousandssocialise as part of a culture willbe deprived and find ways tosources their needs.

As the deadline is fastapproaching many pubs andbars are offering liquor at cheaprates to clear their stock. It’s notjust high-end bars — some ofthe oldest outlets on MG Road,Brigade Road and Church Streettoo have offers and discounts forcustomers as well.

The uncertainty over theissue of closer has staring at baremployees, who will be affect-ed if they close down.

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In a major relief to the two edi-tors who were sentenced by

the Karnataka Assembly Speakerfor one year jail term, the HighCourt on Thursday on a petitionby the two journalists hasadvised the Assembly speaker tosettle the matter amicably.

Justice Ashok Hinchigereof the Karnataka High Courthas advised the State Assemblyto amicably resolve the issue ofsentencing of two editors ofKannada tabloids to a year injail for allegedly writing defam-atory articles against legislators.

However, he had no adju-dicating powers to give a rulingon a resolution passed by theAssembly but he was thereforeadvising the Speaker to find anamicable solution to the matter.

“...Is it possible for theSpeaker that he can keep inabeyance the resolution of sen-tencing of two editors for oneyear jail term? If it is, it shouldbe done in the interest of thesystem,” the judge said.

In one of the rarest and anunusual and drastic step, theAssembly awarded the sen-tence, besides imposing a fineof �10,000 each on the two

journalists, based on the rec-ommendations of PrivilegesCommittee of the House.

The petitioners — RaviBelagere and Anil Raju ofKannada tabloids ‘Hai Bangalore’and ‘Yelahanka Voice’, respec-tively, had moved the High Courtseeking a stay on their arrests andwithdrawal of the resolutionwithout delay. Taking a dig at theeditors, Justice Hinchigere saidthe journalists have the freedomof expression, but not at the costof hurting and humiliating any-one, in this case the legislators.

He termed as an instance

amounting to “disgraceful dis-obedience” non-compliance ofsummons orders by Belagere.“As many as 11 summons wereissued to him and yet he didnot turn up to depose beforethe privileges committee. Thisamounts to ‘disgraceful dis-obedience’,” he observed.

The privileges committee,which had recommendedaction against the editors, hadsummoned Belagere on 11

occasions, but he did not com-ply, Ponanna, the prosecution,submitted. However, Rajudeposed before the committeeand apologised, but resumedwriting against MLA SRVishwanath, he said.

The judge said the editorsshould face the law and cannotabscond and should restrainthemselves from “hitting belowthe belt” by publishing baselessarticles. He also directedGovernment to give a copy ofthe resolution to the petition-ers in two weeks’ time.

The June 21 Assembly res-olution had triggered protestsfrom media with the editors’Guild of India terming it as a“gross misuse” of power which“violates” the fundamental rightof freedom of speech andexpression. The guild had alsourged the Assembly to withdrawits resolution “without delay.”

Ravi Belagere had pub-lished an article againstKoliwad in September 2014issue of ‘Hai Bangalore.’ FormerSpeaker Kagodu Thimmappahad referred the issue to thePrivileges Committee afterKoliwad, then an MLA, hadlodged a complaint againstBelagere.

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Refusing to give a clean chit toMalayalam film superstar

Dileep even after questioninghim for 13 long hours in con-nection with the alleged con-spiracy behind the attack on ayoung frontline actress inFebruary, the Kerala Police onThursday indicated that he couldbe questioned again even as theAssociation of Malayalam MovieArtists (AMMA) vehementlydefended the popular actor.

The police team probing thealleged conspiracy behind theabduction of and assault on theactress had questioned Dileep,his manager Appunni andfriend and actor-director NadirShah for 13 hours starting 12.30pm Wednesday. Dileep hadclaimed that what the police didwas to record his statement ona complaint he had filed abouta suspected bid to blackmailhim in connection with theattack against the actress.

However, Superintendentof Police (rural-Ernakulam)AV George, a lead member of

the investigation team, effec-tively contradicted the super-star’s claim. “The police’s probeis into the (alleged) conspira-cy connected to the attack onthe actress. Dileep had indeedbeen questioned. We have toverify many things (he hastold us),” George said.

“The police recorded mystatement over the complaint Ihad lodged. I have told themabout everything in detail. I willcooperate with the investigationfully. I am confident about prov-ing my innocence,” Dileep saidin Kochi upon his arrival therefor participating in the generalbody meeting of the AAMA.

Dileep and Nadir Shahhad lodged complaints with theDGP in April after the latterand Appunni received tele-phone calls from a co-prison-er of Sunil Kumar alias PulsarSuni, prime accused in theactress attack case, demanding�1.5 crore not to discloseDileep’s alleged role in a con-spiracy. But it was later report-ed that the phone calls weremade by Suni himself.

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The Kerala Police have reg-istered a case against the

organisers of the JanakeeyaYatra, a tumultuous mass jour-ney, held by the Congress andthe Opposition UDF it leads onthe recently commissionedKochi Metro in protest againstthe non-invitation of formerChief Minister OommenChandy, whom the UDF con-siders as the initiator of the pro-ject, to its inauguration onJune 17. Chandy himself was atthe head of the protest Metrojourney held on June 20.

Though nobody had beennamed as accused in the caseso far, the senior Congressand UDF leaders who had ledthe protest could face legalaction as the police enquiryprogressed, sources said. Thehi-security Kochi Metro systemhad gone haywire to an extentfor some time as huge crowds

of UDF leaders and workersbarged into the metro stations,platforms and trains.

The police in Aluva, thenorthern terminus of the KochiMetro where the chaoticprotest journey had started, ini-tiated the case on the basis ofa complaint lodged by KochiMetro’s Assistant LineSuperintendent. An internalinquiry by the Kochi MetroRail Ltd, the company runningthe Metro system, had foundthat the protest was held in vio-lation of the Metro Act.

The case was registeredunder Section 62 of the MetroRailways (Operation andMaintenance) Act. The Yatrahad caused immense inconve-nience to the ordinary passen-gers and Metro staff apart fromcausing damages to the Metrosystem. The complaint alsosaid that the protestors had cre-ated nuisance to other passen-gers with their slogan-shouting

at Metro premises.The protest journey had

led to indescribable chaos,according to eyewitnesses,KMRL officials and policesources, at two Metro stations,Aluva where it started andPalarivattom, the southern ter-minal of stage 1 of the KochiMetro. “It was as though a herdof elephants had entered asugar cane field,” said a KMRLemployee at the Aluva stationhalf-jokingly.

Opposition LeaderRamesh Chennithala was noton the primary list of inviteesto the inauguration of theMetro by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi on June 17 buthe was invited after the allegedlapse triggered a controversy.However, Chandy, seen as theinitiator of the project by theUDF, had not been invited tothe programme. The Yatra wasorganised mainly to protestagainst this.

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Senior IAS officer of 1981batch Rajiv Kumar has been

appointed as new ChiefSecretary of Uttar Pradesh.Kumar takes place of RahulBhatnagar, who has been shift-ed to Noida as chairmanGreater Noida Authority along with InvestmentCommissioner based in NewDelhi.

Kumar, was Union secre-tary shipping, and was relievedfrom Central deputation fol-lowing request from the YogiGovernment. He had given hisjoining on Wednesday.

While interacting with thereporters after taking charge hesaid that his first priority willbe that the DMs and the SPsshould work together to ensurespeedy development of thestate as well as work in arrest-ing the crime rate.

“The mantra of admintsra-tion is simple. Use law to helppeople and needy. There aremany schemes which havebeen launched for the welfareof people. Implement thoseschemes in letter and in spir-it,” Kumar said.

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The day Uttar Pradesh got anew Chief Secretary, the

Yogi Government carried out amassive reshuffle transferring40 IAS officers giving postingto eight officers who were at thehelm of affairs during the pre-vious Samajwadi Party regime.

Principal Secretary Powerand UPPCL chairman AlokKumar has been relieved frompost of Chairman UP PowerGeneration and DistributionCorporation Limited. MDUPPCL Vishal Chauhan hasbeen relieved from MD PowerGeneration CorporationLimited post while DirectorGeneral, State NutrientMission Kamran Rizvi hasbeen made the new chairmanand MD of UP PowerGeneration CorporationLimited.

Additional CS and ExciseDeepak Trivedi was relievedfrom Department of Micro,Small and Medium and ExportPromotion Department. SanjayBhusreddy, who was on wait-ing, was made PrincipalSecretary SugarcaneDevelopment, Sugar Industryand Cane Commissioner.

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The two-day conference ofthe Director Generals of

Police and the InspectorGenerals of Police of the North-Eastern States is likely to seelaunch of an joint platform ofpolice forces of the N-E Statesand Central police force oper-ating in the region.

Assam Chief MinisterSarbananda Sonowal onThursday inaugurated the twoday conference in Guwahatiwhich was also participated bythe top police officials fromWest Bengal and Sikkim. TheChief Minister while inaugu-rating the conference alsostressed that a concerted effortthrough a joint mechanism isthe need of the hour to fight thechallenges of terrorism andcrimes in the region.

A senior official of theAssam Police said that they are

likely to come up with sugges-tion to form NEPOL in lineswith Interpol (InternationalPolice Organisation), which willfacilitate cooperation betweenthe States of region includingWest Bengal and Sikkim intackling insurgency, cross bor-der crime and smuggling.

“In the lines of Interpolwhich is facilitating interna-tional police cooperation, weare launching NEPOL forgreater cooperation amongstates of the region. West Bengaland Sikkim will be members ofit besides seven states of theregion,” said AdditionalDirector General of Police(Special Branch) of the AssamPolice, Pallab Bhattacharyya.

He said that the conferencewill deliberate on Intelligencesharing mechanism besidescooperation of security forcesdealing with terrorists, crossborder crimes and other crimes.

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(MSCW) on Thursdayannounced the setting up of athree-member SpecialInvestigation Team (SIT), head-ed by a retired judge, to probethe alleged murder of convictManjula Shetye inside the jailon Friday last, hours afterhigh-profile under-trial IndraniMukherjea lodged a complaintof assault with the NagpadaPolice station.

After visiting the Bycullajail premises and interactingwith the inmates and jail offi-cials, MSCW ChairpersonVijaya Rahatkar set up a three-member SIT — comprising aretired High Court judge,aretired IPS officer and a womanrepresentative from an NGO —to investigate the circumstancesleading to the murder of con-vict-inmate Manjula and fixresponsibility for the crime.

“During my visit to theByculla women’s jail, I inter-acted with both the inmates andthe jail officials. Some of theinmates whom I spoke to didconfirm that inmate ManjulaShetye was beaten up by the jailstaffers. Immediately after myreturn my the jail, I ordered thesetting up of an SIT to investi-gate the inmate’s death and fixresponsibility for the crime, “Rahatkar told The Pioneer.

Rahatkar, who spent morethan two hours inside the Bycullawomen prison premises, said,“The women confided in meabout the atmosphere prevailinginside the prison. I advised themto be fearless and write to theCommission whenever theyfaced any problem within theprison. I have also instructed thejail officials to put up our com-mission’s board within thepremises so that the inmatescould approach us either throughletters or telephone calls and airtheir complaints”.

Earlier, in the day, DeputyInspector General (Prisons)Swati Sathe met Rahatkar andsubmitted a report on the deathof inmate Manjula and thesubsequent investigations bythe jail officials.

In a related development,under-trial Indrani Mukherjea— who had informed a specialCBI court on Wednesday thatshe was beaten up in the jail andthreatened with sexual assaultby the jail staff for protestingagainst Manjula’s murder —lodged a formal complaint withthe Nagpada police station.

After her appearancebefore the CBI court, Indraniwas taken to the State-run JJHospital for a medical check-up. Later on, her statement wasrecorded in the Nagpada policestation till 00:30 hrs Thursdayafter registering a formal com-plaint against jail officials.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modihas been extremely active intravelling to various countriesround the world with whichIndia either has already or

needs to develop closer relations. Whilehis visit to the US, which from allaccounts has been extremely successful,will receive heightened interest from themedia and the public in this country,there is another visit that the PrimeMinister made recently which meritsdetailed analysis and comment.

Prime Minister Modi travelled toAstana, the capital of Kazakhstan, essen-tially to mark India’s entry as a full mem-ber of the Shanghai CooperationOrganisation (SCO) and to participate inthe opening of Expo 2017. While there hasbeen some comment on how India’s entrywould have a major impact on the SCOitself, possibly bringing India closer toChina, what in this writer’s view is evenmore significant is the opportunity todevelop closer relations with Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan, among the former SovietRepublics, has been by several measuresthe most successful country in the wholegroup, both in terms of economic progressthat it has achieved and prominence it hasattained in the international arena.President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s leader-ship has been a crucial part of Kazakhstan’sprogress, as he has been the President ofthat country since it attained independenceafter the collapse of the Soviet Union.

One of the first decisions thatPresident Nazarbayev took was to closemany nuclear test sites that existed onits territory during the Soviet period.The year 2016 marked the 25th anniver-sary of closure of the world’s largestnuclear test site, and this symbolic movehas been reinforced by Kazakhstan andits leadership being identified withdiverse efforts to promote world peacein every possible manner.

Some, particularly in the Westernworld, are critical of PresidentNazarbayev’s quarter century as Presidentof the country, but if one looks at the his-tory of nations that have been built orrebuilt, strong leadership and continuityhave been essential ingredients of theemergence of nations in strong positionsof economic standing and in buildinginstitutions that withstand the test of time.

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was Presidentof Turkey from 1923 to 1938, Bismarckwas Chancellor of Germany from 1871to 1890, and both are regarded as theearly builders of their respective coun-tries. After the Second World War,Konrad Adenauer, who was theChancellor from 1949 to 1963, is credit-ed with re-building of the FederalRepublic of Germany as an industrial

power, after it suffered the trauma ofGermany’s division between east and westand destruction of its infrastructureduring the war.

Kazakhstan is the dominant power inCentral Asia, and its per capita incomeis already in excess of $11,000, which isfar above that of Tajikistan andKyrgyzstan respectively which are justabove $2,000 each.

Given India’s deep interest and engage-ment in Afghanistan, a closer economicand political relationship with Kazakhstanis clearly in India’s interest. The countryhas a population of about 18 million anda vast land area which ranks ninth in sizein the world, just a little less than the landarea of India, which ranks seventh in theworld. India has substantial opportunitiesfor investments in Kazakhstan, possibleassistance in development of scientific andtechnological skills and increase in over-all trade with that country, which isextremely rich in minerals and possessessubstantial potential for enhanced coop-eration in the agricultural sector.

The growing season in Kazakhstan is,no doubt, very short given the harsh win-ter that most of the country experiences,but in a world with a rapidly growingpopulation, and being in the neighbor-hood of both Russia and China,Kazakhstan has major opportunities forsupply of food grains to both its neigh-bors in the future. Russia is currently anexporter of food, but projections indicate

that it may have deficits in the future.China is already a major importer offood, and as a result of the impacts of cli-mate change its agricultural yields arelikely to decline in the future, particular-ly in the western part of the country.

Kazakhstan’s leadership needs to becomplimented on developing a vision ofthe future, which is defined in the docu-ment entitled “Kazakhstan 2050” based onthe identification of seven long term pri-orities. The theme of Expo 2017, which iscurrently being held in Astana, is “FutureEnergy”. Kazakhstan is a major producerand exporter of hydrocarbons, but thecountry's leadership has clearly laid downplans for tapping renewable sources ofenergy, such as wind and solar, because itsees itself as a globally significant adher-ent to the goals set by the Paris agreementon climate change, and as an early inno-vator towards sustainable patterns of ener-gy supply and consumption.

These plans represent a sector inwhich India could be an important part-ner not only in the supply of energy fromrenewable sources but also in bringingabout significant increases in the efficien-cy of energy use throughout the country.

Quite apart from the economic oppor-tunities and benefits from a closer relation-ship between India and Kazakhstan, thepolitical benefits for India would be sig-nificant, such as coordinated action to dealwith fundamentalism and the threat of ter-rorism. Islam is the largest religion prac-

ticed in Kazakhstan, since over 70 per centof the population is Muslim, with a dom-inance of Sunnis, but the extent of religioustolerance in the country is noteworthy andcommendable. There is a small number ofShias and some Ahmadi Muslims againstwhom there is no evidence of discrimina-tion or isolation. Kazakhstan could be animportant partner for India in social andcultural exchanges as well, because Kazakhsociety exhibits richness of cultural valuesand practice, which would support strongcultural ties with Indian society.

Overall, the opening with Kazakhstanwould have substantial benefits for Indiaexpanding its cultural, political and eco-nomic linkages with the entire CentralAsian region. The period since thebreakup of the Soviet Union has seen theemergence of Kazakhstan as a significantnation straddling the continents of Asiaand Europe.

Building a stronger relationship withKazakhstan and its leadership would havemutual benefits for both countries andstrategic significance for India as theIndian economy grows and its strategicinterests diversify to cover the entireCentral Asian region. The Prime Minister’svisit should now be followed up with con-crete actions to harness the potential thatis evident in an expanded relationshipbetween the two countries.

(The writer is former chairman,Intergovernmental Panel on ClimateChange, 2002-15)+

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Sir — This refers to the article,“Going easy on the biggest taxreform” (June 28) by NavneetAnand. What our country needsnow is not just a Goods and ServicesTax (GST) regime — which is justanother avatar of indirect tax — buta direct tax regime that has helpedmany countries to get a developedeconomy. While direct taxes dependon the taxpayers’ ability to pay, indi-rect taxes hit poor the hardest. Giventhe huge income disparity amongIndians, we should rely more ondirect taxes, which is just for all.

The indirect tax regime is alsoone of the factors of rising inequal-ity. There is a clear case of lopsidedgrowth of our nation that can turnout to be malignant if not taken careof. So, a direct tax regime, with morethan 60 per cent of total tax revenuecoming from direct tax, along withGST taking care of indirect tax andearning less than 40 per cent of thetotal total tax turnover, is needed.

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Sir — Maharashtra has announcedfarm-loan waiver that would cost theState exchequer �34,000 crore. Thisamount is second only to the loan-waiver announced by the UttarPradesh Government, whichamounted to �36,000 crore.Karnataka too has given loanwaivers to farmers to the tune ofmore than �8,000 crore.

In principle, farm-loan waiversmake for bad economics. This may,however, prove to be good politics.But our farmers face deficient mon-

soons, years of drought and fallingprices for their produce. Waivers are,therefore, not a lasting solution. Thesolution is to augment the incomeof farmers by giving them remuner-ative prices of products, crop insur-ance, storage and marketing facili-ties and jobs.

Devendra Khurana Bhopal

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Sir — This refers to the editorial,“The dance of hatred” (June 26). Theprovocation for the barbaric action,of lynching a Kashmiri Muslimpolice officer, Mohammed AyubPandith, was that his name on theuniform read as ‘MA Pandith’, prob-ably a Kashmiri Pandit. It was theworst form of duplicity and crimi-nality: On the one hand, separatistsclaim that they are not againstKashmiri Pandits. On the other, theydo not hesitate to lynch their ownco-religionist, despite the fact that hewas at he mosque on the last Fridayof the holy month of Ramzan, toprotect them. If Islam is a religionof peace, how can any sane jihadi killsome one in the name of Islam?

It has been revealed in themedia that the separatists are notonly getting money from Pakistanfor their anti-Indian activities,but that the Indian state apparatustoo provides them security coverat the cost of public funds. Is it notshocking that instead of curbingand jailing them, the StateGovernment is protecting themwith a security cover?

M RatanVia email

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Prime Minister Narendra Modihas an interesting relationshipwith the United States ofAmerica. The country, which inthe past, was reluctant to allow

him entry, is today rolling out the red car-pet for him. First it was DemocraticPresident Barack Obama who welcomedModi to the White House, and now it isRepublican President Donald Trump whohosted Modi over a state dinner in thesame building. By the way, Modi is the firstworld leader whom Trump hosted for din-ner in the White House ever since the lat-ter took charge in January.

To his credit Modi has left behind the

past and moved on to forge new relationsof friendship with the US leadership. Modihas also steadily built upon the strongblocks that have been placed by his pre-decessor Manmohan Singh in the strate-gic partnership. And to his credit, Trumpis building upon the base that Obama hadset in the India-US relations. In fact,despite all his dislikes for Obama’s policies,Trump has ensured continuity in relationswith India.

A lot of credit also goes to the Indiandiaspora in the US that has played animportant role in building up the relation-ship, first between Modi and Obama andnow between Modi and Trump. To keep

them in good spirit, Trump, in his electioncampaign speech, had pledged that if elect-ed, India would have a true friend in theWhite House. “And that is now exactlywhat you have — a true friend”, he toldModi. Trump also added that India’s rela-tions with the US has never been strongerand better. One must not forget that dur-ing his poll campaigns Trump had alsoborrowed Modi’s catch words, “Abki baar,Modi Sarkar” to spin it as “Abki baar,Trump Sarkar”.

This was Modi’s fifth visit to US in thelast three years. Bureaucrats in New Delhihad deliberately kept the public expecta-tions low for the ‘big meet’ between Modi

and Trump. They indicated that it was notimportant to always look for ‘big deals’ and‘big ticket’ announcements during everyvisit. Because, this time was actually anopportunity for Modi and Trump to get toknow each other and build a rapport.

While there are concerns for Indiawith regard to Trump’s ‘America First’ pol-icy and the fear of cut down of H1B visasimpacting Indians, diplomats are opti-mistic. They believe there is going to besynergy between Modi’s ‘India First’ andTrump’s ‘America First’ plans. The recentjoint venture agreement between TataAdvanced Systems Limited and LockheedMartin for the joint manufacturing of F-

16 fighter jets is just one of them. The pur-chase of 22 unarmed drones from GeneralAtomics Aeronautical Systems of the USfor the Indian Navy, is another.

Obama too was pushing for more jobsfor the Americans. In fact, in 2010, whenthe deal for Boeing selling planes to Indiawas clinched, Obama acknowleged that itwould create jobs for 50,000 Americansback home. Trump is doing the same in adifferent way. And Modi too is interestedin seeing India surge ahead. Modi has oftenmade it clear to the world: “India is hereto create jobs, not to take them away.”

This time too, in his speech Modi wascategorical that the convergence betweenhis vision for a “new India” and Trump’svision for “making America great again”will add new dimensions to the India-UScooperation. “I am very clear about the factthat India’s interests lie in a strong, andprosperous, and successful America. In thesame way, India’s development and itsgrowing role at the international level arein the US’s interest.”

India has just the same expectationsfrom Trump as it had from Obama. Orpossibly a little more. Since Trump termedModi as a “true friend”, there are expec-tations that the US will back India in itsaspirations for bigger roles. And supportduring problems, as friends do. The mem-bership in Nuclear Suppliers Group is justone of them. India needs US’s backing inits fight against terrorism. By cutting downaid and support to Pakistan, and creatingpressure, the Trump Administration canbe helpful in containing the violence in theSouth Asian region. After all, India is notthe only victim. The US has big stakes inAfghanistan (which is bleeding constant-ly despite the Nato forces staying put therefor so many years now). Somewhere,America’s Pakistan policy has not playedout well. It is time to rework on it to reas-sure India and Afghanistan.

The Trump Administration, on itspart, has tried to assure India of its supportagainst terrorism. Just hours before meet-ing Prime Minister Modi, his StateDepartment designated Hizbul Mujahideenchief Syed Salahuddin as a global terrorist.Later, the India-US joint statement men-tioned the terror entities, including IbrahimDawood (mentioned as D-Company), thatare targeting India and US.

While Modi and Trump may be onsame page on several issues, they knowhow to deal each other on differences too.The Paris agreement on climate change isone aspect. Iran and West Asia are the oth-ers. India would not want the US-Iran, US-Qatar conflict impact its relations with anyof these countries.

While the road to the White House nomore remains bumpy for Modi, a lot ofhard work is needed to ensure it remainssmooth in the future. As President, Obamahad said in January 2015, that the newpartnership between India and US will nothappen overnight and is going to takesome time and patience. Obama’s “Chalesaath saath” slogan remains relevant withPresidentTrump as well. ■

There will scarcely be aninformed person in theUnited States of America that

is unaware of Pakistan’s duplicity infighting terrorism. Congressionalleaders, think-tanks, expert com-mentators and policy analysts haveproduced innumerable reports thatpoint to Islamabad’s (andRawalpindi’s) shenanigans. Thesefindings have been often accompa-nied by demands for censuringPakistan through not just words butalso action. As Secretary of State inthe Obama Administration, HillaryClinton had warned the Pakistaniestablishment of ‘nurturing snakesin its backyard’ lest it bites the handthat feeds it.

The snake remains fed.Pakistan’s duplicity in fighting ter-rorism hasn’t been daunted one bitby these observations. Terrorists andterror activities from its soil contin-ue to swamp the region — fromIndia to Bangladesh to Afghanistan.The US knows it all, but refuses todecisively act. All that it understandsof ‘global terror’ is the Al Qaeda andthe Islamic State. ‘Regional’ outfitssuch as the Lashkar-e-Tayyeba andthe Jaish-e-Mohammad haven’tthreatened the US or its allies, sotheir role in fomenting violence andunrest in the South Asian region isnot a priority for AmericanGovernments. One had thought thatafter it had discovered Osama binLaden living a sheltered life inPakistan, and neutralised him tooin that abode not too far away froma Pakistan Army establishment,Washington, DC, would finallywake up from its slumber of manyyears. There were a few expectedrounds of verbal condemnation;some threats of retaliation; talks ofholding back financial assistance,both civil and military. A bit of suchmoney was held back, the supply ofsome military hardware was

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delayed, and the Pakistani leadership was treat-ed by the American establishment with a mea-sure of aloofness.

Soon it was business as usual between thetwo nations. Even before bin Laden was foundliving in peace inside Pakistan, there wereinstances of deviousness by Islamabad in thecause of fighting terrorism. And yet, nothingthat India said to the Americans about it,seemed to convince them. After 9/11 happened,and after President George W Bush’s famousblunt message to the Pakistanis — Either youare with us or you are against us — Islamabadpromptly declared it was indeed ‘with’ the US.One widely circulated news report said that theBush Administration had threatened to “bombPakistan back to the Stone Age” in case it failedto fall in line. This warm message fromPresident Bush — and who can suspect BushJunior of not being capable of delivering such

wonderful sentiments! — was apparentlyconveyed to Pakistani President GeneralPervez Musharraf, who grasped it instantly.

What followed thereafter was a farce of themost delectable kind. Pakistan joined the USin the latter’s global war against terror, but con-tinued to promote terror activities right in itsbackyard — against India and the rest of theneighbouring nations. At times, it even wasemboldened to double-cross the US, whilecovertly backing the Haqqani network, forinstance; and even elements of the Al Qaedaor its affiliates. But, however much thePakistanis used subterfuge, the Americansfound out — primarily from Indian agenciesand others in South Asia, as well frominformed sources within the US — but did lit-tle. Along the way, however, they declared itas the US’s ‘most important non-Nato ally’.

The list of American indictments is as

impressive as the lack of action on the part ofvarious US administrations has been shocking.A year ago, during a Congressional hearing,several members squarely blamed Pakistan forviolence in Afghanistan, for helping theHaqqani network and the Lashkar, and forworking against American interests. The Sub-committee on Asia and the Pacific was study-ing the Administration’s 2017 Budget propos-al for Afghanistan and Pakistan. US officialRichard Olson admitted that that Pakistan wastargeting only its domestic enemies and thatit needed to initiate more “robust action” againstall terrorist groups.

Around nine months ago, two US lawmak-ers moved a Bill in the Congress, wantingPakistan to be designated as a ‘state sponsor ofterrorism’. The Bill titled, The Pakistan StateSponsor of Terrorism Designation Act, wasintroduced by the Chairman of the House Sub-

Committee on Terrorism, Ted Poe, andCongressman Dana Rohrabacher.Congressman Poe termed Pakistan an “untrust-worthy ally”. Later, Poe again moved the Billand accused Islamabad of sheltering binLaden and backing the Haqqani network.

Then came a US think-tank report thisJune. Laying down Pakistan’s duplicity, it saidthe country was not an ally of, but a threat to,the US. The report, published by the Centerfor Strategic and International Studies, accusedPakistan of harbouring terrorist groups includ-ing the Haqqani network and the Taliban. Itsaid, “The US should make it clear to Pakistanthat it faces a total end to aid, and the impo-sition of sanctions, if it continues to supportthese organisations.”

Will President Donald Trump act? He hasso far spoken tough on the subject. But he’s mer-curial and can flip-flop. Let’s see. ■

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The company said in aregulatory filing that StateBank of India has initiatedthe corporate insolvency res-olution process and filed thedocuments with NCLT,Kolkata, against it under theInsolvency and BankruptcyCode (IBC), 2016.

The action follows themeeting of lenders to thecompany on June 22 to workout resolution mechanism,it said.

For the fourth quarterended March 31, 2017,Electrosteel Steels had report-ed a net loss of �293.33 croreas against net profit �265.14crore in the year-ago quarter.

The lead banker todefaulters like Bhushan Steeland Essar Steel, SBI had saidlast week that the default

cases would be referred to theNCLT for recovery under theIBC.

While Bhushan Steel is indefault of �44,478 crore tobanks, Essar Steel owes�37,284 crore. ElectrosteelSteels owes �10,273.6 crore.

These three borrowersare among the 12 accountsidentified by the ReserveBank for immediate referenceto National Company LawTribunal (NCLT).

The 12 accounts aloneconstitute a quarter of theover �8 lakh crore of non-performing assets (NPAs) orbad loans. Of the total, �6lakh crore are with publicsector banks.

Lanco Infratech has alsosaid that RBI has directed itslead banker IDBI Bank to ini-tiate insolvency procedurefor the company.

Once a case is referred toNCLT, there is a 180-daytime line to decide on a res-olution plan though 90 dayscan be given in addition. If aplan is not decided, then the

company will go into liqui-dation.

The internal advisorycommittee (IAC) of the RBI,after its meeting on June 13,had recommended 12accounts totalling about 25per cent of the gross NPAs ofthe banking system forimmediate reference underInsolvency and BankruptcyCode.

These accounts have anexposure of more than �5,000crore each, with 60 per centor more classified as badloans by banks as of March2016. (/�

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-�-���*�Leading alloymaker JSWSteel is evaluating stressed steelassets for acquisitions and hassecured shareholders approval tocreate a xUSD 1 billion war chestfor the same, a top company offi-cial said today.

“We will look at all thoseassets which are stressed from anopportunity point of view and aslong as they are value-accretive toshareholders,” JSW Steel chairmanand managing Director SajjanJindal told reporters on the side-lines of the company’s annual gen-eral meeting here.

Jindal said the company todayreceived shareholders’ approval foran enabling resolution to raise $1billion in foreign currency con-vertible bonds or throughADR/GDR.

Last week, a consortium, ledby State Bank of India, sent threelarge non-performing accounts-Bhushan Steel, Essar Steel andElectrosteel Steels - to the NationalCompany Law Tribunal for insol-

vency proceedings. These threecompanies owe �1 trillion ofunserviced debt to banks.

“I don’t want to name anycompany as of now, but whichev-er asset is value-accretive to us,whichever assets we feel as good,we will evaluate them,” Jindal said,adding there are many takers forthese stressed assets and the steelindustry is today a very exiting

place to be in.On the foreign currency fund

raising, he said, “Since there are alot of stressed assets and theglobal steel industry is also in badshape, we feel that there could beopportunities at any given time,where we will not get much timeto act.

“Therefore, we always makeit to have an enabling resolutionto have a war chest ready so thatas and when we spot an asset wecan snap them up.”

But Jindal was quick to addthat “as of now we have no realplans of diluting our equity.”

Jindal admitted that the com-pany’s experience with overseasinvestments have not been verygood. Therefore, it will be verycareful over overseas investment.

Jindal also announced to setup a slurry-pipe pine plant totransport iron ore and coal inKarnataka at an estimated cost of�2,100 crore in phases. The plantwill be commissioned over the

next two years.The pipeline will facilitate

transporting iron ore at a verycompetitive 15 per cent cost lessthan the other available means oftransport, he said.

“This strategic project willenable JSW Steel to source almost50 per cent of the current iron orerequirement for the Vijayanagarfacility from outside Karnatakaeither from imports or fromOdisha/Eastern sector at priceslower than the prevailing prices inKarnataka.”

On expansion plans, Jindalsaid the company hopes toincrease capacity from 18 milliontonnes to 23 mt this year.

“We’ve already have �26,800-crore capex plan to expand steelcapacity to 23 mtpa by March2020 and to increase our down-stream flat steel capacity to 7 mtby September 2019, along with afew other strategic projects. Thesekey projects will improve ourreturn ratios further.

“We are also working tooperationalise all the five iron oremines, which we won inKarnataka last October. Withthese mines, we will be able tomeet around 20 per cent of ourtotal iron ore requirement atVijayanagar,” Jindal said.

On the Moitra coking coalmines in Jharkhand, he said thecompany is striving to commencemining at the earliest. He said thecompany will continue to bid formore mines, both iron ore andcoal, going forward. Jindal blamedthe state-run NMDC for not fol-lowing the market trend andmonopolising iron ore prices.

Terming GST as a transfor-mative reform, he said the new taxregime will simplify and ratio-nalise the current levies, enhanceefficiencies and boost competi-tiveness. It will also put the econ-omy on a high growth trajectoryover the medium to long term,which in turn will lead to highersteel demand, Jindal added. (/�

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��� 1��*�The internationaloperations of Air India seemsto be the main attraction forIndiGo, which has also flaggedconcerns about some foreignoverseas airlines being allowed“disproportionate access” tothe Indian market.

With the Cabinet decidingon the disinvestment of debt-laden Air India, that also hassignificant share in the inter-national market, IndiGo hasexpressed its interest in buyingthe national carrier and itslow cost arm Air India Express.

“Over time, India hasallowed disproportionate accessto airlines of some of the citystates in the Middle East andSouth East Asia. The massivehubs that these airlines havebuilt, significantly benefitted atthe expense of India.

“As a consequence of this,India’s international air trans-portation hubs reside outside

the geography of our country.It is time for India to take backits fair share of internationaltraffic and bring back this eco-nomic wealth to where it right-fully belongs,” IndiGo PresidentAditya Ghosh has said.

In a letter, Ghosh hasrequested the ministry to treatthe letter as an expression ofinterest in acquiring the inter-national airline operations ofAir India and Air IndiaExpress.

“Alternatively, we are equal-ly interested in acquiring all ofthe airline operations of AirIndia and Air India Express,” hesaid in the letter written yes-terday.

He also cited IndiGo’s trackrecord of consistently beingprofitable airline with a strongbalance sheet.

IndiGo’s share stood at41.2 per cent in the domesticaviation market in May.

The Cabinet has decided toform an Air India-specificAlternative Mechanism to takeforward the disinvestment plan.

Various issues, includingthe treatment of unsustain-able debts of Air India, hiving

off certain assets to a shell com-pany and de-merger and strate-gic disinvestment of profit-making subsidiaries, would belooked into.

“We would like to point outthat our confidence and abili-ty to build for our country oneof the world’s largest interna-tional carriers is driven by thesignificant domestic networkwe have built over the years,”the letter said.

In our view, no other car-rier is better placed to realisethis potential and we would noteven dream of embarking onsuch a journey but for ourdomestic feed network.Earlier in the day, CivilAviation Secretary RNChoubey said that IndiGo haswritten a letter with an unso-licited expression of interest inthe divestment procedure ofAir India. (/�

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi“Make in India” campaign is

bearing fruit as companies are aregoing for local sourcing of prod-ucts wholeheartedly and latetestentrant is Chinese appliancemaker Midea, which announcedon Thursday its plan to invest�800 crore to set up a manufac-turing facility with R&D in placein Pune .

“India is a key market in ourglobal growth strategy and will bean important manufacturing hubin the future. Our investment is anexample of Midea’s belief in theIndian market and reiterates ourcommitment to ‘Make in India’.The new home appliances man-ufacturing plant in India willenable us to offer designed in Indiaproduct solutions to our valuedcustomers,” said Midea GroupVice-President Andy Gu whiletalking to The Pioneer.

Spread over 43 acres in Pune,the facility will employ 500 peo-

ple. The plant will have a capaci-ty to manufacture five lakh refrig-erators, six lakh washing machinesand ten lakh water appliancesproducts. In addition, MideaGroup’s Midea group’s part andcomponent divisions GMCC andWelling will be setting up a man-ufacturing unit for compressorsand motors for appliances.

When asked about when theplan be ready to manufacture andwill they export, Gu said: “Themanufacturing facility would be

operational by end of 2018 and asregards export first we want to sat-isfy Indian customers as there ismuch growth opportunity andwill evaluate the situation ,”addedGu.

There is lot of resentmentagainst Chinese products in thecountry and how does he intendto fight that, Gu said: “We are acompany which has productacross the globe as our quality isthe best and we invest a lot onR&D and that is why ThomsonReuters in a report last year saidwe filed for maximum patents inthe electronic appliances.”

The company which is oper-ational since 2013, is also appre-ciative of the new GST regime:“GST is good for businesses asthere will be single unified taxstructure which is helpful andwhenever this kind of big reformtakes place there is some problembut things stabilize quickly andpeople benefit. We are here forlong term and by when our plantwill be operational things will betotally smooth.”

��� 1��*� The ReserveBank of India (RBI) hasfinalised norms for peer-to-peer (P2P) lending plat-forms and is expected torelease final guidelines in 2-3 weeks, a top finance min-istry official said.

According to the offi-cial, the finance ministryhas given its comments tothe central bank and thelatter is giving final touch-es to the rules.

“We have given ourcomments to the RBI. Theguidelines should be outsoon. The norms will beout before July-end,” theofficial told the newsagency.

He also said the financeministry has recommend-ed that these platforms beregistered as non-bankingfinancial institutions. (/�

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In comparison, the totalfunds held by all foreign clientsof Swiss banks somewhat rose toCHF 1.42 trillion or about �96lakh crore (from CHF 1.41 tril-lion a year ago).

The total funds held byIndians directly with Swiss banksstood at CHF 664.8 million at theend of 2016, while the same heldthrough fiduciaries was nearlyUSD 11 million, as per the lat-est data published today by thecountry’s central banking author-ity SNB (Swiss National Bank).

The total money of Indiansfell by 45 per cent during 2016to CHF 675.75 million, markingthe biggest ever yearly decline insuch funds. (/�

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The Institute of CharteredAccountants of India (ICAI)

unveiled its plans to overhaul thescheme of education and trainingfor CA course in the country whilehighlighting its initiatives towardsthe smooth implementation ofGST on Thursday.

The revised curriculum willbe inaugurated by PM NarendraModi on July 1st, marking theprestigious institute’s 68thFoundation Day and in line withthe rollout of the indirect taxreform of GST.

The existing CA course com-prises three stages- foundationlevel, intermediate level and finallevel, with the foundation levelconsisting four objective-typepapers, the intermediate level hav-

ing seven papers and the final hav-ing eight.

According to the revisedstructure, the intermediate levelwill have a dedicated paper of 100marks on cost and managementwhich, now, is part of anotherpaper, while the final level will haveeight papers with one elective withall the eight subjects being madecompulsory.

The foundation level willinclude two new subjects- businesscorrespondence and reportingand business and commercialknowledge. Another new subject-economics and finance will also beintroduced at the intermediatelevel.

The revised curriculumreleased by ICAI will upgrade theassessment methodology in two ofthe four foundation level papers

from objective to descriptive to testthe ‘communication’ and ‘presen-tation skills’ of the students, saidNilesh Shivji Vikamsey, President,ICAI, adding that the current syl-labus changes have been madekeeping in mind the evolving roleof Chartered Accountants in thecurrent economic scenario.

“There is a mismatchbetween various CA exams. TheCPT exam is much easier thanCPT and final exam which leadto students easily clearing CPTexam but find it difficult to passthe IPCC and final exam,” saidVijay Kumar Gupta, Chairman,Public Relation & CSRCommittee, explaining the reasonbehind the course revision.

The new course scheme is inaccordance with InternationalEducation Standards of the

International Federation ofAccountants, with inputs fromacademicians and industryexperts, which will groom the newCA professionals to match futurerequirements.

ICAI also underscored its ini-tiatives towards the indirect taxregime rollout with the instituteactively participating in draftingGST rules besides conductingstudies on the economies of J&Kand Delhi to understand theimpact of its implementation.

“We believe that given ICAI’swide reach, lakhs of committedmembers, and knowledge base ontax matters, we must extend allcooperation to the government forsuccessful and glitch free switchover to the GST regime andmake PM Modi’s vision of onenation, one tax a reality”. He

added that certain queries andconfusion surrounding GST isevident and ICAI aims to resolvethese issues among small andmedium enterprises, saidVikamsey.

Besides organizing 19 inter-active programmes on GST fortrade associations and over 1500workshops, seminars and confer-ence, the institute has also set up200 GST Sahayata Desks across thecountry to explain the multiplefacets of GST in a simplistic man-ner to traders and small busi-nessmen.

When asked about the big pic-ture impact of GST on the econ-omy, Vikamsey said the tax reformwill increase the GDP and lead toan increase in tax collectionswhile bringing the country’s ‘greyeconomy’ to the mainstream.

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As the GST Network por-tal reopened for the third timeregistration for both newassessees and existing excise, ser-vice tax and VAT payers on June25, businesses rushed to getthemselves registered ahead ofthe July 1 rollout of GST. “SinceJune 25, 1.60 lakh applications forfresh registrations have come in.Of this 53,000 applications havebeen completed with details ofbusiness. The rest are in process,”GSTN Chairman Navin Kumartold PTI here. (/�

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NEW DELHI: The commerceministry on Thursday said it willrelease the reviewed foreigntrade policy (FTP) in Septemberand not before the GST rolloutas was being planned. It wasannounced earlier that the mid-term review of FTP would bereleased before July 1 to align itwith the rollout of Goods andServices Tax (GST).

“A number of representa-tions have been received fromexporters regarding GST.Accordingly, it has been decid-ed to release the reviewed FTPin September. This will allow theGovernment to factor in the

exporters’ feedback on relevantissues post GST,” the ministrysaid in a statement.

The FTP review is underprogress.The 5-year foreign tradepolicy (2015-20) provides aframework for boosting exportsof goods and services besides cre-ation of employment andincreasing value addition. As partof the review, the ministry mayprovide certain incentives toexporters.

In view of the rollout of thenew indirect tax regime from July1, certain changes are expectedto be made in the policy relatingto incentives for exporters such

as duty exemption schemes,export promotion capital goodsschemes and deemed exports.

As there is no provision ofab-initio exemption in the GST,exporters would have to pay theduties and then seek therefund.The policy sets a targetof taking India’s exports ofgoods and services to $900 bil-lion by 2020. In 2016-17, India'sshipments aggregated at around$426 billion.Exporters bodyFIEO has demanded increase induty exemption rates andinclude more products underthe Merchandise Exports fromIndia Scheme (MEIS). PTI

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Niti Aayog Vice-ChairmanArvind Panagariya on

Thursday termed as a ‘bit bogus’the claims made on the joblessgrowth by a section of economistsand Opposition parties andclaimed that 7-8 per cent growthrate is benefiting the labour mar-ket a lot. “The whole point we con-tinuously make about the joblessgrowth is a little bit bogus. Thereis some substance to it, but a littlebit bogus,” Panagariya said duringa discussion on the planningbody’s action agenda and theeconomy at the Reserve Bankheadquarters here. There areclaims that investments are notpicking up, jobs are not being cre-ated, but despite all these, the coun-try's economy is growing at 7-8 percent, he said.

“If 7-8 per cent growth hap-pens, it cannot happen that thelabour market is not getting anybenefit out of it. When suchgrowth happens it cannot be job-less. Jobs are being created,” he said

without substantiating with sup-porting numbers except that theunemployment rate is only around3 per cent. Panagariya, however,said there are no proper surveyscovering those jobs which arebeing created. “We need to put asystem in place where we collectthe data on employment in a bet-ter manner,” he said, adding theproblem the country is sufferingwith is under employment.

“Unemployment is a lesserproblem. You can look at the sur-veys that have been done in thepast. Consistently, you will see that

unemployment rates are not high,”he said. Panagariya said if one con-siders the most liberal definitionof employment, then the unem-ployment rate is only 2-3 per cent.If the most conservative definitionof employment is considered,then unemployment is 5-8 percent, he added.

One easy way to create a largenumber of jobs is to developcoastal employment zones that layemphasis on the large scale jobs,‘but to achieve we need to bringin global expertise’. Talking aboutprotectionism, he said it was not

new but this time there are newnuances to it. “There is some threatfrom protectionism, there is nodoubt about it, but it seems to bemoderating a bit in the way it hasevolved in the last six months.”

Today, the merchandiseexport market alone is $18 trillionwhile the services market is anoth-er $5-6 trillion globally. But ourshare is just 1.7 per cent of thiswhile China’s share is about 15 percent, he said. “What matters is ifwe can increase our share to 5-6per cent, then whether the totalmarket is $16 trillion or $20 tril-lion, (it) does not matter. We mustget our house in order and createincentives so that global firmscome to us and not (go) toVietnam or Bangladesh,” he said.

On the infrastructure sector,Panagariya said the Governmentwas working on reviving the sec-tor and the fiscal issues is centralto this. “Within the availableresources, we are moving forward.I do feel sometimes that we lost alittle bit of time with NPAs insome key sectors. I think we aretackling that problem now. Goingforward, I am a lot more opti-mistic that we will be able to revivethe sector,” he said. CongratulatingRBI governor Urjit Patel for tak-ing a firm stance on the bad assetsproblem, he said Patel has takenthe problem head on.

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NEW DELHI: Cab aggregatorUber on Thursday said thereis no change in its growth andinvestment plans in India,even as it continues to battleagainst allegations of mis-management and harassmentat its headquarters in the US.

The ride-hailing firm fur-ther said it is ‘thinking hard’about how the company can fos-ter a culture of inclusion anddiversity in India and is bol-stering existing practices. Indiais the largest market for Uber,outside of its home-ground.There were concerns that theglobal developments could havea damaging effect on the com-pany’s operations here.

“There is no change in ourplan for growth and investment.Our business is stronger than ever- we have continued to growexponentially every week sincewe started in journey in Indiaalmost 4 years back,” UberPresident India and South AsiaAmit Jain told PTI. He added thatthe management, both global andin the country, is committed tothe operations in India. PTI

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NEW DELHI: After bringing intwo policies to boost the domes-tic steel sector, a slew of steps areon to achieve the target of 300 mil-lion tonnes (MT) of output, SteelMinister Choudhary BirenderSingh said on Thursday. Urgingsteel producers to come forwardto achieve the ambitious target, theminister also said he has askedCoal India to ensure sufficientsupply of the fuel.

The Cabinet, in May, approvedtwo policies, including theNational Steel Policy 2017 thatenvisages �10 lakh crore invest-ment to take capacity to 300 mil-lion tonnes by 2030-31, to give aboost to the domestic steel sector.The country's steel output isabout 100 million tonnes at pre-sent.

“National Steel Policy 2005fell short of expectations to meetthe developments in the Indiansteel sector. The National SteelPolicy 2017 comes with an aim tomake India self-sufficient. Tomeet demand for high gradesteel, electrical steel, special steeland alloys, an area where supportfrom all steel producers is crucial,”Singh said. Addressing a work-shop on National Steel Policy 2017and policy for providing prefer-

ence to domestically manufac-tured iron and steel products(DMI&SP) in government pro-curement, he said, ‘value addition,research and development, rawmaterial security are some ofimportant points in our steelpolicy’.

With this vision, “We hadmeeting with Coal Ministry totake quick decisions pertaining tothrust areas. Coal India Ltd andBharat Coking Coal Ltd haveagreed to set up 12 new cokingcoal washeries by 2019-20.” “Forthis I have asked that they shouldgive a road-map as to how manywould be in place for function.Not all should take three years tobe functional.”

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NEW DELHI: Travel servicesprovider Thomas Cook IndiaGroup has completed acquisitionof a significant part of Kuoni’sglobal destination managementspecialists for an undisclosedamount. With the acquisition,Thomas Cook’s travel businessnetwork has added 17 newcountries, increasing its footprintto cover 21 countries, the com-pany said. in a statement. TheGroup, prior to this acquisition,had a network spanning fourcountries - India, Sri Lanka,Mauritius and Hong Kong. PTI

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MUMBAI: The BSE bench-mark Sensex snapped its 3-daylosing streak by recovering 23points to close at 30,857.32 onshort-covering from operatorson June series F&O expirycoupled with caution ahead ofGST rollout.

The gauge, after a strongopening, quickly reclaimed the31,000-mark to hit a high of31,097.92 as investors cheeredthe Cabinet's decision to okaydisinvestment of the loss mak-ing Air India -an indicationthat the Government will stayon course of reforms. TheSensex had lost 456.42 pointsin three straight sessions.

The 50-share Nifty openedhigher onThursday, at 9,522.95,and traded in the range of9,493.80-9,575.80, before clos-ing at 9,504.10, up 12.85 points,or 0.14 per cent, from yester-day’s close. Markets regulatorSebi's proposal to relax entrynorms for foreign portfolioinvestors (FPIs) willing to investdirectly in Indian stock marketsalso went down well withinvestors. However, offloadingof positions following expiry ofJune series in the derivativessegment led the index to a lowof 30,794.61, before it finallyended 23.20 points, or 0.08 percent higher, at 30,857.52. PTI

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NEW DELHI: Bharti Infratel has said thattelecom consolidation, particularly theVodafone-Idea merger, will lead to short-term rationalisation in tenancies. But theindependent tower company of the BhartiGroup is of the view that few strong and will-ing participants are ‘good’ for the towerindustry in the long run.

“As far as tower industry is concerned,such consolidation, especially Voda-Ideamerger, which may still be some time awayif it fructifies will inevitably lead to short termand one-time rationalisation in tenancies,”Bharti Infratel Chairman Akhil Gupta saidin the company's annual report for 2016-17.The consolidation leading to ‘few but strongand willing participants’ will however ben-efit the tower industry in medium-to-long

term, as compared to large number of smallor unwilling operators with no financial mus-cle or passion to invest in data network roll-outs, he added. The company believes thatany reduction in revenue on account of theoverlaps will be adequately offset by the exit

charges and incremental revenue flowing inon account of rapid rollouts by operators.Terming the year 2016-17 as a ‘transforma-tional’ one, Gupta said that the telecomindustry witnessed continued growth in sub-scribers, higher adoption of data servicesaided by spurt in smartphone penetrationand deeper coverage of data networks.

Operator consolidation continued tograb headlines last fiscal with announce-ments on Vodafone-Idea merger, RelianceCommunications-Aircel-MTS merger, andAirtel's acquisition of Aircel and Videoconspectrum along with Tikona’s 4G businessand Telenor India business. Gupta exud-ed confidence that demand for data is setto grow exponentially with India decisivelyembracing the ‘digital world’. PTI

NEW DELHI: The Government willclear all FDI proposals requiringapproval within a maximum of 10weeks after the receipt of an applicationas per the standard operation proce-dure which replaces FIPB. The moveis aimed at improving investment cli-mate of the country. The new mech-anism will replace the ForeignInvestment Promotion Board , abol-ished by the government. As per thestandard operation procedure (SOP)released by DIPP today, proposals notrequiring security clearance would becleared in eight weeks and applicationsthat require security nod would take acumulative time period of ten weeks.

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NEW DELHI: India’s solarpower generation capacitywould nearly double to 22 GWby the end of current fiscal andmore wind power auctionswould be conducted in thecoming months, Power MinisterPiyush Goyal said on Thursday.India has set ambitious target ofhaving 100 GW of solar energyand 60 GW of wind powercapacities by 2022.

“Solar Power generatingcapacity would be around 22 GWby the end of this fiscal (fromover 12 GW at present),” Goyaltold reporters here after releasinga report on integration of renew-ables in the electricity grid. Onwind power, he said: “The auc-tion has already been conductedfor 1 GW where tariff has comedown to �3.46 per unit (earlierthis year). One tender for anoth-er 1 GW is also in process, whichwould be completed soon. The

bidding activity would also con-tinue in coming 3-4 monthsand it would get the sameencouragement as in case ofsolar.” Earlier last month, solarpower tariff had dropped to alltime low of Rs 2.44 per unit in theauction conducted for Bhadlasolar park. ACME Solar Holdingshad emerged as the lowest bid-der by quoting Rs 2.44 per unittariff for 200 MW followed bySBG Cleantech One at �2.45 perunit for 500 MW capacity.

Similarly, the 1 GW windpower auction also evoked goodresponse as the tariff dropped toRs 3.46 per unit in an auctionconducted by the Solar EnergyCorp (SECI). Goyal said: “It istime for the people of India to getready and embrace the changewith a ‘New Mindset’ of a ‘NewGrid’ for a ‘New India’, which isready to integrate large amountof renewable energy.” PTI

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on Thursday charged withmultiple child sex offences inAustralia, police said. Pell, thecountry’s most senior Catholiccleric, was interviewed in Romeby Australian police lastOctober over the allegationswhich he strongly denies.

“Victoria Police havecharged Cardinal George Pellwith historical sexual assaultoffences,” Deputy Comm-issioner Shane Patton toldreporters.

“There are multiple com-plainants relating to thosecharges.”

Patton said the 76-year-oldwas charged on summons andwas required to appear atMelbourne Magistrates Courton July 18 for a hearing.

Patton would not take anyquestions, citing the need topreserve the integrity of thejudicial process.

The Pell charges came atthe final stages of a long-run-ning national inquiry into insti-

tutional responses to child sexabuse, which was ordered bythe government in 2012.

The cardinal has appearedbefore the royal commissionthree times, once in person andtwice via video-link, duringwhich he admitted that he“mucked up” in dealing withpaedophile priests in Victoriastate in the 1970s.

Pell was ordained in Romein 1966 before returning toAustralia in 1971 and rising tobecome the nation’s topCatholic official.

He left for the Vatican in2014 after being hand-pickedby Pope Francis to make thechurch’s finances more trans-parent.

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Iraqi forces on Thursday cap-tured the compound of a land-

mark mosque in Mosul that wasblown up last week by the ISISgroup — a hugely symbolic sitefrom where the top ISIS leader declared an Islamic“caliphate” nearly three years ago.

The advance comes as theIraqi troops are pushing deep-er into the Old City, a denselypopulated neighbourhood westof the Tigris River where the al-Nouri Mosque with its 12th cen-tury al-Hadba minaret oncestood and where the ISIS mili-tants are now making their laststand in what are expected to bethe final days of the battle forMosul, Iraq’s second-largest city.

Iraqi special forces reachedthe al-Nuri Mosque compoundand took control of the sur-

rounding streets on Thursdayafternoon, following a dawnpush into the area, Lt GenAbdul Wahab al-Saadi of theelite force said.

Damaged and destroyedhouses dot the route Iraqiforces have carved into the con-gested district — along a land-scape of destruction where thestench of rotting bodies rises

from under the rubble.Thursday’s push comes

more than a week after Iraqiforces launched the operation toretake Mosul’s last ISIS-heldparts of the Old City neighbou-rhood, with its narrow alleywaysand dense clusters of homes.

Taking the mosque is asymbolic victory — from itspulpit, ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-

Baghdadi in July 2014 declareda self-styled Islamic “caliphate,”encompassing territories then-held by the Islamic State groupin Syria and Iraq.

Iraqi and coalition offi-cials said ISIS blew up themosque complex last week.The ISIS group has blamed aUS airstrike for the destruction,a claim rejected by aspokesman for the US-ledcoalition. US Army Col RyanDillon said that coalition planes“did not conduct strikes inthat area at that time.”

ISIS had initially tried todestroy the al-Nouri Mosque inJuly 2014, saying the structurecontradicted their fundamen-talist interpretation of Islam.Mosul residents converged onthe area, however, and formeda human chain to protect it.

Last week’s destruction wasonly the latest in a long series ofpriceless archaeological and cul-tural sites that the militants haveravaged across Iraq and Syria.

In addition to pillaginghundreds of treasures and arti-

facts, IS fighters have damagedor destroyed dozens of historicplaces, including the town ofPalmyra in Syria, home to oneof the Middle East’s most spec-tacular archaeological sites; the2,000-year-old city of Hatra;and the nearly 3,000-year-oldcity of Nimrud in Iraq’sEuphrates River valley.

After months of fighting,the IS hold in Mosul has nowshrunk to less than 2 squarekilometers (0.8 square miles) ofterritory but the advances havecome at considerable cost.

“There are hundreds ofbodies under the rubble,” saidspecial forces Maj. DhiaThamir, deployed inside theOld City. He added that all thedead bodies along the specialforces’ route were of IS fighters.

Special forces Maj. Gen.Sami al-Aridi acknowledgedthat some civilians have beenkilled by airstrikes and artilleryin the fight for the Old City. “Ofcourse there is collateral dam-age, it is always this way in war,”he said.

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Pakistan has criticised theIndo-US joint statement

asking it to rein in cross-bor-der terrorism as a “singularlyunhelpful” document thatwould further “embolden”India to even contemplate “mil-itary adventurism” and negateefforts to achieve durable peacein South Asia.

The meeting betweenPresident Donald Trump andPrime Minister Narendra Modiin Washington was a “missed

opportunity” to induce India toalter its policies “inimical topeace” in the region, theForeign Ministry said here in aterse statement.

The joint statement is sin-gularly unhelpful in achievingthe objective of strategic sta-bility and durable peace in theSouth Asian region, it said.

“By failing to address keysources of tension and instabil-ity in the region, the statementaggravates an already tense sit-uation,” the statement issued on Wednesday night said.

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The United Arab Emirates’Energy Minister says his

country has sufficient resourcesto ward off any energy short-fall stemming from Gulf coun-tries’ standoff with key gassupplier Qatar.

Suhail Al Mazrouel said onThursday that the UAE has “abackup plan that we can sourcefuel from.” The UAE, he insist-ed, has no concerns about anyshortfall “now or ever.” SuhailAl Mazrouel told TheAssociated Press in Paris todaythat the UAE has “a backup

plan that we can source fuelfrom.” The UAE, he insisted,has no concerns about anyshortfall “now or ever.” Qatar,increasingly isolated by itsneighbours over accusations itsponsors Islamic extremism,supplies about a third of UAE’sdaily natural gas needs. AlMazrouel, speaking on the side-lines of an International EnergyAgency conference, refused tocomment on the Qatar crisis.Qatar could retaliate by cuttinggas supplies, making it difficultto power air conditioners or rundesalination plants producingwater for desert sheikhdoms.

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The Trump administrationhas set new criteria for visa

applicants from six mainlyMuslim nations and all refugeesthat require a “close” family orbusiness tie to the United States.

The move comes after theSupreme Court partiallyrestored President DonaldTrump’s executive order thatwas widely criticised as a banon Muslims. The new guide-lines sent to US embassies andconsulates say that applicantsfrom the six countries mustprove a relationship with aparent, spouse, child, adult sonor daughter, son-in-law, daugh-ter-in-law or sibling in the US.

This is according to a StateDepartment cable obtained by

the Associated Press.Grandparents, grandchil-

dren, aunts, uncles, nieces,nephews, cousins, brothers-laws and sisters-in-law,fiancees or other extendedfamily members are not con-sidered to be close relation-ships. Officials from thedepartments of State, Justiceand Homeland Security arefinalising criteria that visitorsfrom six mostly Muslim mustmeet to avoid the Trump adm-inistration’s revived travel ban.

The White House deliber-ations come as US embassiesand consulates await instruc-tions on how to implement thisweek’s Supreme Court orderthat partially reinstated theban after it was blocked bylower courts.

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AUS lawmaker has askedIslamabad to free Shakil

Afridi, the “hero” doctor whohelped the CIA to trace outOsama bin Laden in Pakistan.

“Pakistan claims to beUnited States’ number onecounterterrorism ally, yet theyhypocritically hold this heroin a Pakistani prison.

Pakistan is no friend ofthe US,” Congressman TedPoe said on the floor of the US House ofRepresentatives.

“They are on the wrongside on the war on terror.Pakistan hid Osama binLaden from the world,” the

Congressman said in hisremarks on Monday.

The Republican lawmak-er from Texas said Dr Afridideser ves a medal for aiding the elimination ofOsama bin Laden, not life inprison.

“Pakistan should freehim, and it is time to declarePakistan a state sponsor ofterrorism. And that is just theway it is,” Poe said.

“Mr Speaker, the day thatOsama bin Laden, the world’snumber one terrorist, methis maker was a great day inthe war on terror. But findingAmerica’s most wanted ter-rorist hiding in Pakistan wasno easy feat,” he said.

Moscow: Russia is accusingWashington of preparing a“provocation” in Syria, whichwould then be blamed onPresident Bashar Assad’sGovernment as alleged use ofchemical weapons.

Russian Foreign Ministryspokeswoman Maria Zakharovasaid on Thursday that Moscowhas received information thatSyrian rebels have already fab-ricated video material to accuseDamascus of a chemical attack.

The White House has saidAssad is preparing for anotherchemical attack and warned thatthe Syrian ruler will “pay aheavy price” if he unleashes it.

Berlin: Germany will denypermission for TurkishPresident Recep TayyipErdogan to address Turks at arally when he visits for theupcoming Group of 20 meet-ing in Hamburg, Germany’sforeign minister said today.Turkey officially requested per-mission yesterday for Erdoganto make the appearance whilein Germany for the July 7-8summit, Foreign MinisterSigmar Gabriel said during atrip to Russia. Gabriel said hehad told his Turkish counter-part weeks ago that “we don’tthink this is a good idea.” AP

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The EU must boost itsdefences against cyberat-

tacks, which have fallen behindthe modern world’s reliance onthe internet and mobiledevices, the bloc’s security chiefwarned on Thursday.

Brussels will give 10.8 mil-lion euros ($12 million) to 14 EUcountries to boost their cyberresponse teams following thisweek’s massive global cyberat-tack, Security CommissionerJulian King said.

“We’re living through anattack right now. That attack, therecent WannaCry attack andother recent attacks serve graph-ically to illustrate that the cyberthreats we face are growing veryseriously” King told reporters.

“Our current dependenceon the internet and connecteddevices and technology is at themoment currently greater thanour ability to protect ourselves,and we need to do somethingabout that,” King said.

The latest series of cyberat-tacks began in Ukraine onTuesday, hitting governmentand corporate computer sys-tems across the world as the so-called Petya virus spread towestern Europe and across theAtlantic. The British commis-sioner to the European Unionsaid that cyberattacks werebecoming “more strategicbecause they endanger criticalinfrastructure and indeed ourdemocratic processes.”

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Six soldiers were killed inYemen on Thursday, a mil-

itary source said, asGovernment forces seek tocement their control overMarib province, east of therebel-held capital. The sourcesaid 14 Shia rebels were alsokilled over the past 24 hours inintense fighting for Sarwah, thelast district in the mainly Sunniprovince still held by the rebels.

The Government has beenbattling since last year to retakethe mountainous district whichcommands the main road tothe capital Sanaa.

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Designer Anavila Misra, who isgoing to showcase her textile-driven collection at Textiles

India 2017 to be inaugurated by PrimeMinister Narendra Modi here onFriday, says that textile has been a partof Indian culture, and exploring thesame to give it contemporary everydaysilhouettes has given it a new meaning.

“India is a country of living craftsand textiles. We have textiles deeplywoven into our social and cultural fab-ric, though they have been always a partof Indian fashion but the explorationof the same for contemporary every-day silhouettes have lent them a freshlease," Misra, who can’t wait to showher collection among renowned namesfrom the fashion industry, politicsand other spheres of life, told newsper-sons here.

Talking about her collection, shesaid she has worked with pure hand-woven linen from West Bengal withvarious textures and details using zariin parts with differentiated modernblouses. “This capsule collection of foursaris is a representation of the evolu-tion of our brand with the Bengalweavers over time. The linen saris areteamed with varied textures and tech-niques coupled with smart and easyblouses. The zari jamdani is playful andfestive at the same time.

“The colour-story follows richivory, ecru and beige in plain weaves,jamdani, plaids and yarn-dyed looks,”said the designer whose designs wereappreciated by actress Konkona SenSharma, singer Shubha Mudgal, actorsPriyanka Bose, Rani Mukerji, DeeptiNaval, Kajol and Vidya Balan.

The designer is going to showcaseanother show on Saturday. “It is a rep-resentation of our intervention in theGadwal cluster near Hyderabad. Herewe have mixed Gadwal weaving withPochampally and completely turnedaround the look by using clean mono-chromatic colours,” she said.

She feels that platforms like TextilesIndia 2017 are helpful in many ways.“In my view, this will widen the hori-

zon and give a new landscape to vari-ous stakeholders who will come underone big umbrella and forge meaning-ful interactions. It has bridged the gapbetween designers, weavers and gov-ernment by bringing them together atsuch a huge platform, exposing themto each others work and challenges, cre-ating opportunities for collaborations,”said the designer.

Her mission is to make textilesmore accessible by making them con-temporary, easy and approachable andalso by simplifying them.

She also feels that “with designerstrying to bring textiles to the main-stream fashion, people are interactingand understanding textiles better” andthis according to her, is making a hugeimpact.

Textiles India is an annual eventwith the objective to connect and col-laborate with global manufacturers,investors and buyers. It is positioned asthe first ever global B2B textiles eventin India, bringing to the fore theinspiring vision of the PM — “FromFarm to Fibre, Fibre to Factory, Factoryto Fashion, Fashion to Foreign Exports”.

Textiles India will showcase thestrength of the value chain in India. Theevent will witness the presence ofSmriti Irani, Minister of Textiles, andAjay Tamta, Minister of State forTextiles.

As part of the exhibition, there willbe two shows that are curated and pro-duced by IMG Reliance Industries Ltd.

The first one is Evolution of Textilesof India and the vision of the show isto present a compelling story of our

looms, focussing on innovations incraft and design. It is said to be thelargest curated presentation of Indiantextiles on the runway that will unfoldthe story of growth and developmentof the Indian textiles sector and itstransformation to become a globalpower.

The show will feature looks froma combination of established andemerging designers and master crafts-men/weavers from across differenttextile traditions, languages and statesof India. There are 30 designers partic-ipating in the show including AnamikaKhanna, Anita Dongre, ManishMalhotra, Sabyasachi Mukherjee,Tarun Tahiliani.

Another show is the IndianHandloom Show and the vision of theshow is to present a story of the Indiahandloom brand initiative launched byMr Modi on National Handloom Dayin 2015.

This initiative by the Ministry ofTextiles, Government of India, focus-es on branding of high quality anddefect-free niche handloom productswith minimal impact on environment,increasing the earnings of the weaversand other stakeholders of the hand-loom industry and generating a specialmarket space for handloom products.

The show will feature looks eachfrom a combination of designers andlabels from across India. There is alsoa panel discussion being organised byIMG Reliance with support from theMinistry of Textiles, Government ofIndia at Textiles India 2017 and thetopic is: How Can Indian Handloomsand Handicrafts Create a SustainableEconomy in the Fashion Industry?

The panel members include ManojJain, Director, DevelopmentCommissioner (Handlooms), Ministryof Textiles, Government of India rep-resenting Ministry of Textiles andtheir initiatives on handlooms and fash-ion as well as Susanne Goetz, AssociateProfessor, Department of Textile andSurface Design Fashion Institute ofTechnology, New York. IANS

The Indian passenger travelmarket is projected to grow at

11-11.5 per cent to $48 billion by2020 with the biggest contributor,air travel expected to grow at 15 percent to $30 billion. Hotels will growat 13 per cent to $13 billion by 2020while railways will remain $5 bil-lion. Additionally, as more peopleget online, smartphone penetration

increases and use of digital pay-ments goes up, India’s online hotelmarket will grow to US$4 billionwith 31per cent penetration at aCAGR of 25 per cent.

These were the findings of astudy conducted by BostonConsulting Group (BCG) andGoogle India. The report,Demystifying the Indian Online

Traveller, charts the decision-mak-ing journey of the Indian travellerand provides insights on the poten-tial growth opportunities for trav-el businesses till 2020.

Speaking about the key find-ings of the report, Vikas Agnihotri,Industry Director, Google India,said, “India’s domestic travel mar-

ket is on an acceleration path. Oneof the key findings of the report isthat by 2020, one in three hotelrooms will be booked online – aclear indicator of the growingimportance of digital in travelresearch, planning and booking.There are several actionableinsights for domestic online trav-

el players, including the role ofmobile and the level of curationand personalisation that Indiantravellers are looking for.”

Demystifying the travel plan-ning journey of the typical Indianconsumer, the report shows that formany, a vacation is an eventplanned in advance as opposed tobeing an impulsive purchase.Consumers typically spend 46days on average planning their trip.They spend 49 minutes online ontheir travel research and visit asmany as 17 touch points duringtheir booking journey. However, itis interesting to note that thelength of each online session is lessthan three minutes, due to theubiquity of mobile. Through theirjourney, Indian travellers tend tomove back and forth across differ-

ent online channels, checking avail-ability, comparing prices andassessing connectivity.

Talking about the opportuni-ties for the online travel players,Abheek Singhi, senior partner andAsia Pacific Head of ConsumerPractice, BCG, said, “Travel is ahigh investment – both in the mon-etary and emotional categories.Technology has led to democrati-sation of travel through betterinformation and price discovery.The question is how to address the17 different touch points of threeminutes each over 49 days! Theimperative for players is to use tech-nology and advanced analyticscapability to understand individualmicro journeys and offer person-alised and curated travel solu-tions.”

Kornelia Santoro started out as ajournalist and went on to becomea homemaker and writer. While she

struggled to get her first novel published,her knowledge and love for food increasedimmensely as she developed an alternatestress-buster. This continued till she dis-covered that she not only loved to eat butpreferred to cook what she ate.Cooking suddenly becamethe tool of self-controland balance in life; shehad a say in whateverwent inside her mouthand the amount shewanted to consume.Slowly she developed amathematical equationbetween her cookingskills, the kind of food sheprepared and the state of her mind.And she found her cure to depression andher tendency to wander into many pur-suits. A “happy belly for a happy mind”became her mantra.

Author of two cookbooks that havewon the Gourmand World CookbookAwards, her latest book Cooking forHappiness builds upon years of scientif-ic research and her own experiences toexplore the ways in which food affects themind. She shares with us her culinarysecrets through 100 easy-to-prepare

recipes that will both nourish your brainand help you fight those dreaded lows.They will reduce your stress levels, elevateyour mood and in the process, make youwant to eat more.

Santoro fought anorexia nervosa, aneating disorder when she was young andhad to undergo psychotherapy. Sheshares, “When you are suffering from

anorexia nervosa,you are obsessed

with food. I started tocollect cookbooks at the

age of 16, when I was total-ly in the grip of this mentaldisease. Rather than eating,I would cook and write

about it. But when I wentthrough menopause at the age

of 50, I got really depressed and mygynaecologist gave me some anti-depres-sants. Since I was acquainted with the factthat your intake affects your mood andyour body and I loved eating, I decidedto use food rather than medicines to fightmy depression.”

She spent two years learning abouthow food influences one’s mood. She readnumerous books and scrolled throughvarious websites to understand everythingpossible. “I learnt that feelings never lastas they are just electric impulses which aretransmitted through numerous nerve

cells. If a person is depressed, that meanssomething is really wrong with his/herbrain. Nowadays, scientists feel thatdepression can be caused because of thewrong levels of neural transmitters whichenable the nerve cells to respond. To keepthe neural transmitters at a proper level,one needs to eat well. One needs enoughminerals, proteins and vitamins,” saysSantoro.

The author makes sure that her factsare right. Every time she writes, she sends

a copy to her friend who is a neurologist,who affirms the potential of the food shetalks about in restoring mental well-being.

Even when she was suffering fromanorexia nervosa, she enjoyed food –heavily restricted of course. “When thefamily sat down to coffee and cake as partof a typical German tradition, I made sureto get the biggest piece of my favouritecake. But instead of eating two or threepieces like the rest of the family, I only ateone – and of course I hardly ate anything

for dinner after this indulgence. I believefood is one of the things that our bodiesexchange with the world around us – likeair. When you take in food, you allow yoursurroundings to penetrate into yourbody. This can happen in many ways andthe process is different for everybody,”Santoro has us know. Eating behavioursays a lot about a person. “When I noticethat I am eating too quickly, I know some-thing is wrong. Once you focus on thefood and taste what is in your mouth, yoursenses open up. “I also believe you canjudge people by the way they are eating.Picky eaters really choose what they wantin their life. I am not a picky eater, but myson is. He has a very strong personalityand is able to set limits. I am more happy-go-lucky.”

Talking about the meditative proper-ties of cooking, she shares, “When you arecooking, one has to be very attentive.Otherwise you can cut or even burn your-self. Also, it’s about creativity. One canobviously follow recipes but it’s better touse it as a base or a guideline and be cre-ative. It’s all about trial and error.”

Santoro believes in home-cooking asa great meditative exercise. “You need tocook and eat the right kind of food toachieve both happiness and a healthy bal-ance for your brain. You can only realisethis with home-cooking as you will beaware of how much healthy fats and pre-mium ingredients you have consumed.And often a simple meal is the most com-forting,” she adds.

The author is very critical aboutprocessed food which contains chemicalsand unhealthy fats. “I believe that oneshould avoid packaged food as much aspossible, especially chips and inferiorchocolate sweets. Blended and refinedvegetable oils are bad for the body.”

Santoro emphasises the importanceof following a proper eating habit in anage where people are living a fast-pacedlife. “Earning money is not as importantas keeping our mind and body sound.This is one of the reasons that I haveincorporated recipes that can be cookedfast and are suitable for people in a hurry.”

Travelling across the world, she hasincorporated various cuisines, yet sheloves Mediterranean cooking. “I have leftIndian cuisine to the people who haveexcelled at it.” Santoro loves dal makhniand roti, the Hindu way of cooking andnative Goan cuisine.

National Award-winning filmmakerTigmanshu Dhulia, whose new film Raag

Desh talks about the contribution of SubhashChandra Bose’s Indian National Army (INA) inIndia’s independence, says the film does not aimto delve into the mysterious death of the leader.

Dhulia says it was fascinating for him toexplore how India’s freedom from British ruledid not come only by dialogue and the nego-tiation, but also through blood and sweat.

Launching the trailer of Raag Desh at theparliament yesterday, Dhulia said, “Being a stu-dent of history, it was fascinating for me to knowthat we did not get our freedom by dialogue andnegotiation that we have been reading for solong... It’s not. We all know that the winnerwrites the history. In this film, I explored thecontribution of the INA in our freedom move-ment. But no, we do not deal with Bose’s mys-terious death.”

Dhulia denied that his film was timed ormotivated to suit the thinking of the day. “WhenRajya Sabha TV came to me with two subjects,I chose to make a film on the INA. I had nopolitical agenda behind it,’ he said.

The story is based on the famous Red Forttrial of three INA officers that changed the courseof India's freedom movement. Why launch thetrailer in Parliament? “It's appropriate. After theINA trial, we got our freedom and our own par-liamentary system. So, we thought it is very aptto release it in Parliament,” he shot back. The filmfeatures Kunal Kapoor, Mohit Marwah and AmitSadh in key roles.

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WHAT YOU NEED

Qty. Ingredients

30 gm White sticky rice60 ml Coconut milk05 gm Sugar01 gm Salt02 gm Sesame seeds (roasted)01 Ripe mango

METHOD :1. Wash sticky rice and soak it for eight

hours.2. Put it in muslin cloth and steam it.3. Put coconut milk in a pot, add sugar and salt.

Keep on stirring it on slow flame till itbecomes a little thick.

4. When sticky rice is done, pack it withcoconut milk, leaving 1 tbsp of coconut milkaside for garnishing.

5. Peel the mango and dice it.6. Put sticky rice in a small mould. De-mould

it on to a plate. Garnish with a tablespoonof coconut milk and sesame seeds. Serve itwith dices of mango.

KHAO NEOW MAMUANG GA XAO HOT DIEUWHAT YOU NEED

QTY Ingredients

150 gm Chicken breast40 gm Red capsicum40 gm Green capsicum20 gm Onion10 gm Black mushroom10 gm Coral mushroom15 gm Red chilli whole05 gm Garlic07 ml Fish sauce05 ml Sugar10 ml Oyster sauce05 ml Lemon juice02 gm Black pepper05 ml Oil20 gm Spring onion25 gm Cashew nuts100 gm Ripe mango

(Safeda)50 gm Tomatoes

METHOD :1. Dice the capsicum, removing the seeds.2. Soak coral mushrooms till soft, then cut it into

small pieces and remove the stem.3. Soak the black mushroom till soft, then remove

the stem and cut it.4. Dice the mangoes.5. Put chopped garlic in the wok, stir till light

brown.6. Add chicken slices to it and all the sauces and

sugar.7. Add the rest of the ingredients.

Courtesy: The Spice Route, The Imperial

From the unique lanterns to theorganic northeastern herbs used in

the food, everything is more rootedand cultural at Rosang Café. Being thefirst restaurant to bring the food of alleight northeastern states under oneroof, it has reopened after four months,reviving ancient wisdom, garden-freshness and earthy flavours in a big-ger and better sprawl.

Owner and chef Mary Lalboichose a rain-washed day to announceher comeback. Warm with dim lightsand simple furniture, the ambience wasethnic, down to the native crockery.When we ordered lemon Assamesetea, the waiter came with mini kettleson a tray which could be disengagedto reveal a dainty cup below.

“This relaunch is special becausethis time I have my son as the man-ager here. He is a good football play-er but could not get selected to thenational squad because he has flat feet.So, he has taken on the family business.All the spices are organic and sourcedfrom homes in Nagaland, Manipur,Mizoram and Meghalaya. None of ouringredients is picked up from com-mercial markets,” Lalboi told us.Rosang, which means God’s gift, usesa succulent bamboo shoot that is filledwith a unique kind of liquid from theremotest part of Nagaland. “Also, the

soil in the northeast is blessed and fer-tile. We do not need to use any fer-tilisers. Eighty per cent of the food hereis cooked without oil and spices. Yetthe food is rich in flavours because ofthe organic herbs we add into it”, shesaid.

The first dish was a one-flowerbeverage which is called “Tinga mora”in Assamese. It is rarely available andits sour leaves are often used to bakefish. As northeastern cuisine doesn’thave many appetisers, Lalboi used theleaf with a dash of tamarind to makea cola-coloured drink that was a great

combination of sweet, sour and spicy.It sort of primed all our tastebuds.

Heading on to starters, there werethe familiar momos, stuffed withsautéed chicken and herbs, all moistand bursting in their thin skins, madewith the famous Manipuri spice had-cora, which gave it a lemony tang.Maroi Bora, also known as Manipuripakoras, came deep-fried but hardlyleft an oily tint on our fingers. A per-fect combination of softness andcrispiness. Also, the chilli dip servedwith the platter complemented it per-fectly.

But what surprised us more thanpleasantly was the special fish dish fromArunachal Pradesh called NgaThongba. Steamed in banana leaf andtopped with sauteed vegetables andherbs, it broke the stereotype that ahealthy bite could not make the grab-grub menu. Though Lalboi tweaked itfor urban tastes, back home this is basi-cally a preparation for which the fishis cut into bite-sized pieces and inten-tionally mashed a bit so that it disin-tegrates and can be even had in a soupyavatar with potatoes, cumin and chilli.

The main course had some sur-prises in store. Like the Manipuri spe-cial red rice which was non-sticky andgrainy and could be a healthy alter-native for the refined variety we areused to. It married perfectly with thechicken and mutton dishes, both anexpert take with ginger and herbs thatdid not feel bland at all.

Another unique curry was theManipuri Yellow Pea one which hadthe chef ’s special green peppers. TheMizo vegetarian stew was a discoverytoo and broke the myth that north-eastern broths were all about meats.Laced with vibrant green chilli slices,this one was so simple yet rounded thatyou did not feel like adding a sauce ortempering it with anything else.

The dessert was Wild Red RiceTea, a hot beverage made with wild riceserved with home-made jaggery andlemon. It gave a sense of fullfilment toour mind and bellies. And there wasno heaviness at all by the end of it. ChefLalboi is clearly committed to her kindof food and has been successful inbreaking through the cosmopolitanpalate in a metro.

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The global clean and healthy eatingmovement is seeing renewed inter-est in Peruvian food products for

their quality and superior nutritionalvalue. It is no surprise then that Peruvianproduce is having its culinary momentafter having hit the Indian market withmuch enthusiasm.

Superfoods at their simplest may bedefined as nutritionally dense foods thatare rich in vitamins, minerals, amino acidsand antioxidants and are considered to begood for health and well-being. A regu-lar consumption of these products of supe-rior quality has many benefits, includingaiding in increasing energy and vitality,regulating cholesterol and blood pressureand helping to fight and prevent diseases.

Thousands of years ago, the fusion ofthe soil and Andean wisdom created aspecial harvest in Peru. Its products bornof biodiversity and exceptional ancientinnovation are part of what is todayknown as the superfood family: natur-al, healthy and nutritious. Due to itsmicro-climates and diverse topogra-phy, Peru is home to thousands offoods found nowhere else on the plan-et, many of which are staggering in theircontent of potent nutrients. These super-foods are known for healing propertiesin their native Andes and Amazonianregions, and there are numerous super-foods hailing from Peru that have aidedin substance and nourishment.

Peru produces more than 30 super-foods across its territory. Below is a listof those available in India. With theirnow easy availability and recent inno-vations across our culinary landscape,the entry of Peruvian superfoods heraldsa greater push towards healthier, clean-er eating in India.

PURPLE CORN: Purple corn is fastapproaching classification as a functionalfood — an integral com-ponent of your dietthat provides ener-gy and essentialn u t r i e n t s .Research hasshown thatpurple corncontains cell-pro-tecting antioxidants with the ability toinhibit carcinogen-induced tumours, asalso demonstrated anti-inflammatorycapabilities and the potential to help con-trol diabetes. This variety of corn, whosefarming goes back to pre-Hispanic peri-od, is the base of some Peruvian gas-tronomy classics like mazamorra (soft,sweetmaize-based dessert) and chicha(purple corn sweet drink).

Apart from being a main ingredientof their diet, the kernels of purple cornhave long been used by the people of thePeruvian Andes to colour foods and bev-erages, and are a part of cocktail mixol-ogy as well — a practice just beginningto gain popularity in the industrialisedworld.

PERUVIAN QUINOA: (True Gold of theAndes): Quinoa is an Andean plant

which originated in the area surroundingLake Titicaca in Peru and Bolivia. Whenthe United Nations declared 2013 as the“International Year of Quinoa”, it was arecognition of the superiority not only inquality but also innutritional valueand intake ofagriculturalgoods fromP e r u .Q u i n o a ,consideredto be a pseu-do-cereal, ishighly nutrition-al, yet its blandflavour aids its versatil-ity in the global kitchens. With a historyof 5,800 years, quinoa is gluten-free, hastwice the amount of proteins than anyother cereal, and is rich in fibre (higherthan 6 per cent of the grain’s weight). Nowonder then that the astronauts celebrateit, the most recognised chefs praise it andmodern medicine recommends its con-sumption.

PERUVIAN AVOCADO: Thesecontain “good fats”, the same asnuts and olive oil. Theyhave nearly 20 vita-mins and minerals,including 150 mgpotassium and over 2gm dietary fibre, and are

naturally sodium and cholesterol free. Adelicious way to help meet daily nutrientrecommendations!

LUCUMA: (The Divine Flavour): Legendtells us of an Andean god-dess, who refused tofeel love until amythologicalbeing dressedlike a beggarseduced herwith lúcuma,which represents

fertility in the Incamythology. Lucuma is a fruit rich in car-bohydrates and its beautiful orange-yel-low colour comes from beta-carotene, apowerful anti-oxidant. It is known tostrengthen immunity and reduce thepossibility of heart attacks. But given itsinsuperable taste with flavour notes ofcaramel, pumpkin and maple, little sur-prise then that it is the most popular icecream flavour in Peru!

MACA: (The Rootof Life): Resemblinga small rough stonethe size of a walnut,Maca blossoms onthe world’s rooftop— between 3,800and 4,400 metresabove sea level, andhas been cultivated

by the inhabitants of Chinchaycocha’s lakeshores in Junin for more than 3,000 years.Considered a gift from the gods, Maca isa celebrated aphrodisiac with propertiesthat elevate virility, vitality and physicalstrength. With high concentrations of cal-cium and phosphorus, it is great for bonedevelopment, and is a revitalising sourceof selenium and magnesium.

SACHA INCHI:(The Star of theWorld’s Nutrition):Known as the Incapeanut for its impor-tance during theempire, Sacha Inchiallows the balanceof cholesterol andtriglycerides, helpsregulate weight andreinforces mentalcapacity. As one ofthe world’s mostimportant sources ofOmega 3, 6, and 9,Sacha Inchi supports a healthy lifestyle. Infact, it has been acknowledged as the bestseed oil of the world.

CAMU CAMU: (The Miracle Fruit):Native people of the Amazon go on boarda fragile boat in search of the camu camutree under the water. This tropical fruit isone of the world’s most potent sources ofvitamin C and is known to strengthen the

immune system, skin, and eyes. It is a nat-ural anti-oxidant that, when compared toorange, provides 30 times more vitaminC, 10 times more iron and 50 per centmore phosphorus.

AGUAYMANTO: This golden berry wasdiscovered in 1753 by Swedish scientistCarl Linnaeus in theland of the Incasand baptisedit for eterni-ty as PhysalisPeruviana.This fruithas the perfectbalance betweensweet and sour that makes it an idealingredient to prepare marmalades, nectar,cakes and other delicacies. This tiny fruitshines with its own light in the best restau-rants around the world.

PALLAR: (Lima Bean): Sometimes called“butter beans” because of their starchy yetbuttery texture, lima beans have a delicateflavour that complements a wide varietyof dishes. Although fresh lima beans areoften difficult to find, they are worth look-ing for in the summer and fall when theyare in season. Dried and canned limabeans are available throughout the year.The pod of the lima bean isflat, oblong and slight-ly curved, averag-ing about threeinches in length.Within the podare the two tofour flat kidney-shaped seeds thatwe call lima beans. The seeds are gener-ally cream or green, although certain vari-eties feature colours such as white, red,purple, brown or black. Lima beans are avery good source of cholesterol-loweringfibre, as are most other legumes. In addi-tion to lowering cholesterol, their highfibre content prevents blood sugar levelsfrom rising too rapidly after a meal, mak-ing these beans a especially good choicefor individuals with diabetes, insulinresistance or hypoglycemia. When com-bined with whole grains such as rice, limabeans provide virtually fat-free high qual-ity protein.

Beer lovers may soon have a gut-friendly drink to raise a toast to,

thanks to scientists who have createda probiotic sour beer that boostsimmunity. The new beer, created byresearchers from the NationalUniversity of Singapore (NUS), incor-porates the probiotic strainLactobacillus paracasei L26, whichwas first isolated from humanintestines and has the ability to neu-tralise toxins and viruses, as well asregulate the immune system.

Studies have shown that consum-ing food and beverages with livecounts of probiotics are more effectivein delivering health effects than eatingthose with inactive probiotics.Currently, the recommendation by theInternational Scientific Associationfor Probiotics and Prebiotics is tohave a minimum of one billion probi-otics per serving in order to attain themaximum health benefits. “Whilegood bacteria are often present infood that have been fermented, thereare currently no beers in the marketthat contain probiotics,” said ChanMei Zhi Alcine from NUS.“Developing sufficient counts of liveprobiotics in beer is a challenging featas beers contain hop acids that pre-vent the growth and survival of probi-otics,” Alcine said. Researchers tookabout nine months to come up withan ideal recipe that achieves the opti-mal count of live probiotics in thebeer. By propagating the probiotic andyeast in pure cultures, and modifyingconventional brewing and fermenta-tion processes, researchers managedto increase and maintain the livecounts of the strain of probiotic.

“For this beer, we used a lacticacid bacterium as a probiotic micro-organism. It will utilise sugars presentin the wort to produce sour-tastinglactic acid, resulting in a beer withsharp and tart flavours,” said Alcine.“The final product, which takesaround a month to brew, has an alco-hol content of about 3.5 per cent” shesaid. The NUS research team has fileda patent to protect the recipe forbrewing the probiotic sour beer.

—Agencies

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Aformidable India will fancy theirchances of taking an unassailable 2-0 lead against a weakened West

Indies when the two sides lock horns inthe third game of the ongoing five-matchODI series, on Friday.

India lead the rubber 1-0 after winningthe second one- day international in Portof Spain by 105 runs. The opening matchof the series was rained off after only 39overs of play at the Queen's Park Oval.

World number three India showedtheir might in the second game with a 105-run drubbing of the hosts, which high-lighted the gulf between the two teams.

In the second match, the bowlers sti-fled the home steam with their impecca-ble line and length after India's top threebatsmen - Ajinkya Rahane, ShikharDhawan and Virat Kohli - delivered thegoods as they recorded their biggest evervictory in the West Indies.

Rahane smashed his third ODI hun-dred, while Kohli and Dhawan notched upfluent half centuries, as India produced adominating batting display to pile on 310for five. The trio would look to continuein same vein even as veterans likeMahendra Singh Dhoni and Yuvraj Singhwould hope for a good hit in the middle.

The presence of young all-roundersHardik Pandya and Kedar Jadhav gives thevisiting side's batting solidity, and off-spin-ner Ravichandran Ashwin's ability with thebat is well-documented.In the bowlingdepartment, Bhuvnehswar Kumar andUmesh Yadav will again lead the attackwith Pandya coming in as first change,while the spin responsibility is likely to beshouldered by Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav.

Yadav, a chinaman bowler, wasimpressive in the second ODI, returningfigures of three for 50 in nine overs andearning accolades from skipper Kohli.

For a change, Yuvraj too rolled hisarms over after a while, and it remains tobe seen whether the team managementopts for an extra slow bowler in RavindraJadeja.

Seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar wasmiserly, claiming two wickets while giv-ing away just nine runs in his five overs.

Though they are playing a weak and

inexperienced opposition, it is importantfrom India's perspective to finish the serieson a positive note ahead of the toughertours to Sri Lanka and South Africa in thefuture.

Trailing 0-1 in the series, the WestIndies have brought in two fresh faces --Kyle Hope and Sunil Ambris — for theremaining three ODIs.

Hope and Ambris replaced JonathanCarter and Kesrick Williams in the 13-mansquad.

Hope, brother of current West Indieswicketkeeper Shai Hope, leads Trinidad

and Tobago in domestic cricketwhile Ambris plays as a wicket-

keeper-batsman for WindwardIslands. The home

team would hopethe new additions

bring about achange in fortunes.

While theIndian batsmen

looked comfortable inthe 39.2 overs of playthat was possible in thefirst ODI, the West

Indies were no matchfor the visitors in the sec-

ond match.Having failed for the first

time to qualify for the ICCChampions Trophy, West Indieswould be desperate to turn thetide at the Sir Vivian RichardsStadium.

Teams (from):India: Virat Kohli (cap-

tain), Shikhar Dhawan, RohitSharma, Yuvraj Singh, MSDhoni (wk), Kedar Jadhav,Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran

Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar,Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav,Dinesh Karthik, Ravindra Jadeja,Mohammed Shami, Rishabh Pant

West Indies: Jason Holder (cap-tain), Sunil Ambris, Devendra

Bishoo, Roston Chase, MiguelCummins, Kyle Hope, Shai Hope,Alzarri Joseph, Evin Lewis, JasonMohammed, Ashley Nurse, KieranPowell, Rovman Powell.

Match starts at 6.30 pm IST.

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Senior team players Karun Nair andManish Pandey were on Thursday

named skippers of India A's unofficial Testand one-day teams respectively, for theupcoming tour of South Africa.

India A will play a one-day tri-seriesinvolving Australia A and South Africa Afollowed by two four-day matches againstthe hosts.

The tour starts with the first one-dayerof the triangular series in Groenkloof onJuly 26 between India A and Australia A.Karun and Jayant Yadav are two currentIndia players who are in both the squads,while Pandey needed to be checked aftercoming from an injury.

The squad for the one-day series ispacked with IPL and domestic limited-overs (Vijay Hazare Trophy) performerssuch as Krunal Pandya, Rishabh Pant, BasilThampi, Mohammad Shiraj and SiddharthKaul. On the other hand, the team for thefour-day (first class) matches is full of RanjiTrophy performers such as PriyankPanchal, the top-scorer in the season goneby, Ishan Kishan, Sudeep Chatterjee,

Ankit Bawne and Shahbaz Nadeem. Alsopart of the first class squad is senior Indiafringe player Abhinav Mukund.

Since India's tour of Sri Lanka alsostarts on July 26, it is a given that Nair won'tbe a part of the senior squad for the Testseries. Nair, who had started his Test careerwith a triple century on debut in the lasthome season, has since been going througha bad run of form, including in theIndian Premier League where he ledDelhi Daredevils in some of the matchesin the absence of Zaheer Khan.

One-day sqaud:Mandeep Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju

Samson, Manish Pandey (captain), DeepakHooda, Karun Nair, Krunal Pandya,Rishabh Pant (wk), Vijay Shankar, AxarPatel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jayant Yadav,Basil Thampi, Mohammed Siraj, ShardulThakur, Siddarth Kaul.

Sqaud for four-day matches:Priyank Panchal Abhinav Mukund,

Shreyas Iyer, Ankit Bawne, Karun Nair(Captain) chance to stake claim for , SudipChatterjee, Ishan Kishan (wk), HanumaVihari, Jayant Yadav specialist, ShahbazNadeem, Navdeep Saini, MohammedSiraj, Shardul Thakur, Aniket Choudhary,Ankit Rajpoot.

Fixtures: 1st one-dayer - India A vsAustralia A - July 26, 2nd one-dayer - SouthAfrica A vs India A - July 28, 3rd one-dayer- South Africa A vs Australia A - July 30,4th one-dayer - India A vs Australia A -August 1, 5th one-dayer - South Africa Avs India A - August 3

6th one-dayer - South Africa A vsAustralia A - August 5 Final - August 8,1st four-day match - South Africa A vsIndia A - August 12-15, 2nd four-daymatch - South Africa A vs India A - August19-22.

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If the Indian president can be well over70 years of age, why can't the BCCI

administrators work beyond that that agelimit," argued the "disqualified" board vet-eran Niranjan Shah after being contro-versially included in the panel formed tostudy Lodha recommendations.

Shah will be a 'special invitee' alongwith the seven members, providing his"inputs and suggestions" to help the othercommittee members.

"I don't understand this hue and cryover the age limit of the BCCI office-bear-ers. If our president (PranabMukherjee,who is 81) can work beyond 70,what is so wrong about BCCI officialsworking beyond that age limit.

"As long as you are fit, you can workeven till the time you are alive. I call thisage discrimination (what is being proposedby the Lodha panel)," Shah told PTI.Saurashtra strongman Shah is in theRajeev Shukla-led Special Panel even

though the Lodha recommendations ren-der him ineligible to be a state or BCCIadministrator on all counts.

"I think my experience will comehandy in the panel as we have discussedthe recommendations at length during theBCCI SGM. Though all members will havea say," he said further with the panel's firstmeeting to study Lodha reforms scheduledin New Delhi on Saturday.Shah not onlyhas objection to the proposed 70-year age-cap, his biggest issue is with one-state onevote which directly impacts his statebody, the Saurashtra Cricket Association.

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Opener Smriti Mandhana madeamends for missing out on a

hundred against England with a scin-tillating unbeaten 106 guiding Indiato a comfortable seven -wicket victoryagainst West Indies in the ICCWomen's World Cup, on Thursday.

Chasing a modest target of 184,Indian eves won with as many as 45balls to spare, courtesy anothersuperlative performance from theleft-handed opener Mandhana.

After her match-winning 90against hosts England, Mandhanastarted from where she had left theother day, hitting 13 fours and twosixes - both pull shots.

Along with the ever-dependableskipper Mithali Raj (46), Mandhanaadded 108 runs for the third wicketvirtually shutting the World T20champions out of contest.

Mithali was unlucky not to scoreher eighth consecutive half-century inODIs missing by a mere four runs.She would rue the chance as a loopyfull toss from off-break bowler HayleyMathews was hit straight to AfyFletcher at mid-off.

But young Mandhana did not letthe second chance go abegging, hit-ting some delightful strokes all-roundthe park.

When Shanilia Connell dug oneshort, she rocked to the backfootpulling it over mid-wicket. She repeat-

edly found the gaps on the off-sideand also hit some glorious shots onthe on-side.

India could have been in a spotof bother at 33 for 2 but with a sea-soned campaigner like Mithali at theother end, Mandhana went for hershots without much pressure.

The century -- her 2nd in ODIs,came when she charged down thetrack to loft Stafanie Taylor inside out.The hundred off only 105 balls.

Fittingly, she finished the matchwith her 13th boundary to get adeserving second 'Player of the Match'award. "I was quite nervous after 90but my partner Mona told me not toplay a rash shot. This knock is special

because we were chasing and my firsthundred came in a losing cause(against Australia). Also this comes ina World Cup game," Mandhana saidafter the match.

Skipper Mithali was also pleasedwith Mandhana's effort as well aseffort from the spinners.

"Very pleased with the way thegirls responded with crucial runoutseven though there were couple oflapses in th field (drops). A very goodknock from Mandhana. I was hopingthe seamers would utilise the condi-tions after we chose to bowl. Butmaybe it wasn't their day and thespinners did exceptionally well tobring us back," the Indian skipper

said.Earlier, India's spin troika of left-

arm spinners Poonam Yadav andDeepti Sharma, and off-spinnerHarmanpreet Kaur restricted theWest Indies to a lowly 183 for 8 in 50overs.

Mithali Raj opted to field andWest Indies were comfortably placedat 69 for one in the 19th over beforethings fell apart and the currentWorld T20 champions were totteringat 91 for 6.

Deepti (2/27 in 10 overs),Poonam (2/19 in 10 overs) andHarmanpreet (2/42 in 10 overs)shared bulk of the spoils with open-er Hayley Mathews being the top-scorer with 43.

Shanel Daley (33) and AfyFletcher (36) showed some defiancedown the order taking the score toplus 180, which at one point in timewas looking improbable.

Apart from the trio, the otherimpressive performer was anotherleft-arm spinner Ekta Bisht (1/23 in10 overs). The normally economicalJhulan Goswami (0/37 in 6 overs)went for runs as Mathews hit sevenboundaries during her 57- ball knock.

However between overs 20 and35, West Indies innings went haywireat the County ground.

If West Indies managed to cross180, it was due to Fletcher and her 37-run stand with Anisa Mohammed(11).

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Krunal Pandya has justinched a bit closer

towards his "dream" witha maiden India A call-upbut the "ultimate goal" is toplay the 2019 World Cupin England alongsideyounger brother Hardik.

"The aim is not justto represent India for acouple of matches hereand there but to play foras long as possible. Itwould be a dream cometrue if I and Hardik cantogether play for India inthe 2019 World Cup. Butright now, focus will be ondoing well for India A,"Krunal told PTI after hisselection in the A squadfor a limited-overs series inSouth Africa.

In fact, Hardik calledhim from Antigua aftergetting the news of his 'A'team selection. "Hardikwas ecstatic. He called meand said that 'You are get-ting there'. Having alreadyplayed for India, he has aninsight about top flightcricket and I always discusswith him to pick finer

points. There can't be acloser buddy than yourown brother," says Krunal.

While he has beenone of the vital componentfor the Mumbai Indians intheir IPL triumph, heattributes his success to the

hard work he had put in tocounter the 'SecondSeason Syndrome' thataffects many cricketers. "Iknew opposition teamswould study my game dur-ing this edition of the IPLafter a reasonably goodfirst season. I had to workon my weaknesses as thesecond season becomesthe very key in an inter-national level tournamentlike IPL. I worked on bothaspects of my game and itpaid off, Krunal Pandyaconcluded.

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Claudio Bravo made three penalty saves asChile crushed Portugal 3-0 in a penaltyshootout to reach the Confederations Cup

final on Wednesday.Bravo, who missed the first two cup games

in Russia because of injury, stopped penalties byRicardo Quaresma, Joao Moutinho and Nani,sending Chile to its third straight internationalfinal after winning consecutive Copa Americatitles.

Arturo Vidal, Charles Aranguiz and AlexisSanchez all scored for Chile in the shootout.

The teams were drawing 0-0 after normal andextra time.

The result was justice for Chile, which had astrong penalty appeal turned down in extra timeand then saw the ball hit the woodwork twice inthe same move a few minutes later.

Chile and Portugal both came close in the first10 minutes but there were few chances after thatin a lackluster game between two of the main titlefavorites. Cristiano Ronaldo was off-form forPortugal and Chile gradually took control in frontof 40,855 fans at Kazan Arena, most of thembehind Chile.

Chile will play Germany or Mexico inSunday's Final in St Petersburg. It will be seek-ing its first title outside of South America afterwinning the Copa America in 2015 and 2016,both times in penalty kick shoot-outs.

"I was injured and I didn't play at my normalpace, but I normally get things quietly," Bravo said."This is very important to us because it's like com-pleting a very successful cycle. We are very happyto be able to play in the Final."

Portugal was looking for its second consec-utive tit le after winning the EuropeanChampionship last year.

In the shoot-out, Bravo dived to his right tostop weak penalty kicks by both Quaresma andJoao Moutinho, then switched sides to save Nani'stimorous shot. Nani tip-toed desperately slowlyto the ball looking for all the world as though hedid not want to take the kick. And he patted itgently to Bravo.

"Claudio was amazing, the players whoscored their penalties were amazing and I thinkwe deserve to be in the Final," Chile coach JuanAntonio Pizzi said.

"We have made a huge effort and I think youcould see it during the game."

Chile had its chances to win it in extra timewhen Vidal's powerful right-footed shot struckthe far post. From the rebound, substitute MartinRodriguez hit the crossbar with Portugal goal-

keeper Rui Patricio already beaten.Sanchez had already had a

chance to break the deadlocksix minutes into extra time,but his header from nearthe penalty spot wentjust wide after a well-placed cross byMauricio Isla.

Chile wanted a latepenalty when FranciscoSilva was stepped onby a defender inside thearea with only a few min-utes left, but the referee letthe play continue and it wasnot reviewed by video.

Ronaldo had some chances in

regulation time but couldn't capi-talize on them, including an

85th-minute header that wentwide.

"I think it was an excel-lent game, a good propa-ganda for football, twoexcellent teams,"Portugal coachFernando Santos said."They both showed theywanted to win."

�.��1 .� (��/��Cristiano Ronaldo has

left the Confederations Cup inRussia to join his twin sons who

were born before the tournament

began.Ronaldo says on his Facebook page after

Portugal's semifinals loss to Chile that "I'm veryhappy to finally be with my children for the firsttime."

Portugal lost a penalty shootout after a 0-0draw, and will be without its star player for thethird-place match. That is Sunday in Moscowagainst Germany or Mexico.

Ronaldo says he "will not forget" theunderstanding shown by Portugal team man-agement.

The Portuguese football federation saysRonaldo shared news of the births before the tour-nament, and is now released so "he can finally seehis children."

Ronaldo's family includes the twin boys andhis seven-year-old son, also called Cristiano.

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Chile's biggest asset at the Confederations Cup isn'tthe dazzling attacking skill of Alexis Sanchez, or

even Arturo Vidal's creativity.It's down-to-earth goalkeeper Claudio Bravo,

who saves Chile when its hyper-aggressive pressing isno use at all — at the penalty spot.

Recently recovered from injury,ridiculed by some fans in Englandfollowing an erratic season atManchester City, the 34-year-oldwas imperious in Wednesday'spenalty shootout win over Portugal,

stopping every shot he faced. Healso made a key stop early in

the game, which finished 0-0 after extra time.

Bravo isn't charismat-ic — he talked calmly offeeling "very balanced"after making the threesaves that sent Chile to

the Confederations Cupfinal. But he is the perfect

symbol for a Chilean teamwhich, despite its reputation fora swashbuckling attacking style,

is happy to grind out wins whenthe pressure's on.

For three years in a row now,Chile has specialized in tough, grit-

ty wins over football's superstars.This time, it was Cristiano

Ronaldo and Portugal, but in 2015 and2016 it was Lionel Messi andArgentina who fell to Chile onpenalties in consecutive CopaAmerica finals, both after goal-less draws. Those are the only

major trophies Chile has everwon. "We were playing withour head as well as ourheart," Bravo said, and coach

Juan Antonio Pizzi elaborated on the meticulous videoresearch while allowed Bravo to predict wherePortugal's penalties would go. "You never know exact-ly what is going to happen, but you can prepare," Pizzisaid. "Our goalkeeper could foresee what was going tohappen and what the player was going to do."

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Usain Bolt started the European leg ofhis final season before retirement with

a victory in the 100 meters at the GoldenSpike meeting on Wednesday.

At the meet where he has most fre-quently competed in his career, with nineappearances, Bolt reeled in the rest of thefield after a trademark slow start to crossthe finish line in 10.06 seconds.

However, he had to hold off a strongchallenge from Yunier Perez of Cuba, edg-ing him by 0.03. Jak Ali Harvey of Turkeywas third in 10.26.

Bolt's performance fell short of his sea-son best of 10.03, which was clocked at the100 and 200 world record holder's finalrace in his native Jamaica on June 11.

"I'm not happy with the time," he said."It wasn't a good race, it was pretty slow."

Bolt mentioned a back problem thatslowed him, but downplayed its signifi-cance. "I'm going to see my doctor (inGermany) soon, I know he will fix everyproblem," he said. "All I need to do nowis just to train hard and focus on gettingmyself into great shape. I'm not worriedabout that. It's just my back, it's always anissue. I didn't get injured, that's a key thing."

The eight-time Olympic champion ispreparing for the world championships inLondon in August, his final major com-petition.

Bolt said he liked the Golden Spikebecause it was one of the first profession-al meets that invited him to run at the startof his career, and he also appreciated thefact that the stands were always packed —despite bad weather during some of hisprevious appearances.

In an emotional farewell after the race,fans held up colored cards that formed ahuge Jamaican flag in the stands, with agiant message: "THANX UB." The

Jamaican anthem followed, with Boltsinging along.

"That was a surprise," Bolt said. "I did-n't expect anything like that. They alwaysgive me so much love here, I really appre-ciate that."

The only other race he's scheduledbefore the worlds is the Diamond Leagueevent in Monaco on July 21. He's stillundecided about other meets.

Other winners on Wednesday wereMo Farah and Wayde van Niekerk ofSouth Africa, who led home the rarely-contested 300 meters in a world's best timeof 30.81. Farah claimed victory in the10,000 in what was likely one of his lastraces on the track.

The British distance specialist, whodefended his Olympic titles in both the5,000 and 10,000 at the Rio Games last

year, plans to retire from track to move toroad races after the worlds.

Farah held off a challenge fromKenyan Mathew Kimeli, surging pasthim with 200 meters to go to win in27:12.09. Kimeli clocked 27:14.43.

"I honestly hoped I could run a bitfaster time, however the wind slowed medown even though we ran quite a fast racefrom the beginning," Farah said.

Van Niekerk, Olympic champion andworld record holder in the 400, won the300 inside the previous best time of30.85, set by Michael Johnson in 2000, inPretoria, South Africa. "I'm so pleased andgrateful for the big achievement. I'mhonored to be a small part of history," VanNiekerk said. "I have to rest a little but afterthat I hope I can continue to make babysteps to be better day by day."

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Riding on his back-to-backSuper Series triumphs,

India's ace shuttler KidambiSrikanth broke back into the top-10 at eighth in the latest worldrankings released on Thursday.

The 24-year-old fromGuntur, who clinched successivetitles at Indonesian Open andAustralian Open, now has58,583 points in his kitty. He isthe lone Indian shuttler to figurein the top-10 of men's singlesranking after climbing up threeplaces.

Among other Indian maleshuttlers, B Sai Praneeth hasmoved up a position to be 15th,while Ajay Jayaram lost a spot tobe 16th. HS Prannoy alsodropped two places to be 23rd.

In women's singles, PVSindhu dropped a rung to beWorld No 5, while Sania Nehwalhas gained a spot to be at 15th.

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Jwala Gutta, Arvind Bhat, andChetan Anand, have beenincluded in the coaches panelprepared by the BadmintonAssociation of India (BAI).While Pullela Gopichand is thechief national coach, BAI select-ed 19 others to coach men's sin-gles players across the countryin different zones. There are 12

others for men's doubles andfour coaches for women's dou-bles.

The list of men's singlescoaches include former GermanOpen Grand Prix Gold cham-pion Arvind, 2008 OlympianAnup Sridhar, 2006Commonwealth Games bronzemedallist Chetan Anand and

Dipankar Bhattacharjee, whorepresented India at theBarcelona and AtlantaOlympics. The list of women'sdoubles coaches include 2011World Championship bronze-medallist Jwala, eight-timenational champion MadhumitaBist, Pradnya Gadre and OliDeka.

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